Lonzo Ball made his highly-anticipated NBA debut on Thursday night for the Lakers and had a pretty rough performance. The UCLA product had three points ( 1-of-6 FG, 0-for-2 FT), six assists, and nine rebounds in the Lakers’ 108-92 loss to the Clippers.
And Clippers veteran guard Patrick Beverley particularly made the night rough for Ball.
Patrick Beverley clowns Lonzo Ball with the John Cena "You can't see me" after hitting a 3 in Lonzo's face pic.twitter.com/Ar81SFO8gN
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) October 20, 2017
Of course, Beverley — an All-NBA defender — basically told everyone that he was going to shut down Ball with this tweet a month ago.
But imma guard him the first game and we will see about that!!! @Lavarbigballer https://t.co/FXSIXjHGHP
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) September 15, 2017
And after the game, Beverley reportedly referred to Ball as a “weak ass motherfucker.”
Clippers guard Patrick Beverly screamed outside locker room, "Weak ass m****** f******. Bring him out on the… https://t.co/9BO7aCqMjb
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) October 20, 2017
Patrick Beverly as he walked into the locker room: "Fucking win. Weak ass motherfuckers. Don't put that mother fucker on me."
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) October 20, 2017
Thanks mainly to his father, Lonzo is going to have a target on his back all season.
If this is how it’s going to be for that dude I might have to start watching Laker games.