Byron Scott Claims His Instagram Was Hacked After He Appeared to Accept a Fight With a Troll

Another victim of Password1?

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On a day where we learned Blake Griffin broke his hand hitting an equipment staffer, messages allegedly typed by Byron Scott also made the rounds because they appeared to show the Lakers coach willing to bust the nose of a troll for talking smack in his Instagram comments. The remarks were made in the section of the sparring post embedded above, which was thrown up a week ago, and involved the following (since deleted) back-and-forth:

Afterward, much to our disappointment, the coach put up a message saying he was hacked:

Believe what you want. Neither a hack nor an actual message from Scott is inconceivable. Though perhaps we got greedy wanting two Lakers fighting stories in one day.

[via CBS Sports]

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