Charles Barkley and Shaq couldn’t stop laughing at the Rockets-Clippers locker room confrontation and the ‘police presence’ it reportedly required

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• The Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets reportedly had a confrontation in the locker room after their game on Monday night, with security coming in to separate the two sides.
• After the game, the “Inside the NBA” crew at TNT could not keep it together, with Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal howling in laughter at the news.
• The two teams meet two more times this season, where there will undoubtedly be more posturing from players and more jokes from the “Inside the NBA” team.

The Clippers and Rockets got into it on Monday night.

After the Clippers won what had been a chippy game 113-102, four Rockets players — Chris Paul, James Harden, Trevor Ariza, and Gerald Green — reportedly “breached” the Los Angeles locker room to confront their opponents.

As the two sides traded barbs, the Clippers reportedly dared the Rockets to step closer, but security arrived to break up the matter before anything got physical.

After the game, the “Inside the NBA” crew at TNT was covering the fallout of the scrap, but could barely make it through a segment as Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley were laughing so hard at the preposterous idea that the two sides actually would’ve come to blows.

Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson attempted to reel in the two big men, but Barkley and O’Neal were to overcome with laughter to be reached by their words.

“I played in the NBA for 16 years, and I’ve been on TV for 18 years,” said Barkley through tears, “and this is the first time I’ve ever heard of a ‘police presence’ [in a locker room].”

“Hello, police?” Shaq joked, throwing his notes in the air. “Chris Paul tried to beat me up.”

You can watch a clip of the broadcast below.

Never change, Charles and Shaq.