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Phil Jackson confirmed Tuesday that a verbal confrontation with Ron Artest had occurred recently in practice, although the Lakers coach disputed the idea that such an exchange with a player was unusual or indicative of turmoil within the team.
Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that Artest loudly confronted Jackson, primarily because he was upset at being the target of Jackson's public critiques during the team's recent slide. Despite defeating the visiting Detroit Pistons on Tuesday evening, the Lakers have lost four of their last seven games.
"That's not accurate, but it's close to accurate," Jackson said prior to Tuesday's game. "It was not a loud confrontation; it was a man-to-man confrontation. And it was obviously out of character for both that to happen at practice and for Ron. And it wasn't about embarrassing him publicly; it was about some of the issues that had been brought up that have focused about him."
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/01/05/phil-jackson-confirms-confrontation-with-ron-artest-downplays-s/
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