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The Lakers and Doncic argued that he was yelling at a courtside fan but it didn’t matter.

As the two players squared up to one another, members of both teams got involved and the exchange quickly descended into a melee which spilled into the spectator seats at courtside.

This month James angrily confronted Smith, who was sitting courtside at a Lakers game.

Weeks after Smith appeared on the “Gil’s Arena” podcast to discuss the courtside incident, Arenas and his co-hosts talked about the continuing drama on Thursday’s episode.

This week James responded by taking jabs at Smith on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” ... then Smith said on his own podcast that he would have “swung on” James had the 6-foot-9 superstar made contact during their courtside interaction ... then James posted a video on Instagram meant to mock the analyst’s fighting skills ... and then Smith went on a 15-minute rant about James on “First Take.”