San Antonio Spurs cruised to an easy win over Los Angeles Lakers who played without Lebron James but the post-game daps offered more interesting action when the camera crew spotted something out of ordinary. Jeremy Sochan is walking smiling towards the locker room but was stopped by Jarred Vanderbilt.
It was not to exchange pleasantries. According to the Sochan, it was to continue the little skirmish they had during the game.
“I must’ve said something to him during the game, and maybe it wasn’t very nice,” Sochan said.
“He must have taken it in the wrong way and told me to see him after the game. So, I did. And we just had a polite exchange.”
It can be seen in the video that Vanderbilt poked Sochan on the cheek and teammate Julian Champaigne has to come to his defense.
I love Sochan man
This is his job pic.twitter.com/TTJAeZeQoe
— Spurs Culture (@SpursCulture) January 8, 2026
Jarred Vanderbilt has tried to kiss Jeremy Sochan multiple times at this pointpic.twitter.com/cgE1kZQfpx https://t.co/tGZoNK4aQT
— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) January 8, 2026
Jeremy Sochan downplays moment with JV
The Spurs player continued that he was not looking to escalate anything and downplayed the confrontation.
“I was, I think, intact and very joyful and the other person wasn’t. Yeah, he just wasn’t emotionally stable in that moment. So, it’s something he has to work on. It’s just life.”
Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox and Lakers center Jaxson Hayes were there to de-escalate the commotion.
Here’s the video from Sochan & Champagnie about the incident https://t.co/c3ZAtNEsii pic.twitter.com/f7rPnhUSUd
— Cory Mose (@Cory_Mose) January 8, 2026
This is not the first confrontation between the two so it is not impossible that one of them remembers their bitter history.
bro is still hurt from this bec he used full force and couldn’t move Sochan one inch 😭pic.twitter.com/13uM4fUf9g https://t.co/gGuRUu9gIv
— Depressed Keldon, Wemby, and Fox Stan⁷ (24-9) (@keldonGOAT) January 8, 2026
The Lakers and the Spurs will meet for one last time in the regular season on February 10 at the Crypto.com Arena.
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