MILWAUKEE - With the Los Angeles Lakers leading by as many as 31 points in Saturday's 119-95 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks , the only drama of the evening came after the final buzzer, when Lakers players tried to secure the game ball to present to their rookie teammate after he scored his first NBA points.

After Lakers rookie Adou Thiero scored four points -- including a raucous dunk in the final minute -- Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt held onto the game ball when the game ended and held it under his left arm as he exchanged postgame pleasantries with several Bucks players.

Before Vanderbilt could take the ball back to the locker room, however, crew chief Pat Fraher approached Vanderbilt, took the ball away from him and then walked the ball to center court to present it to a B

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