With the Clippers on their way to a victory over the Lakers on Sunday, things got interesting.

Lamar Odom took exception when Blake Griffin tried to gain position for a rebound with just a few seconds left in the game, grabbing the rookie's jersey.

Baron Davis then started jawing at Odom in defense of Griffin. Before long, officials huddled up and ejected Odom, Griffin, Davis and Ron Artest from game.

Artest's only crime appeared to be trying to pull Odom away from the fray. The Clippers were up nine when the incident took place.

"Maybe I overreacted, but I just felt like if you're up nine with the free throw going through, the ram in the back at that point ..." Odom said.

"Any other time I get it — play hard and play strong, whatever. But the ram in the back, I don't get it. You're up nine. You've got it [won]. I'm not telling you you've got to stop playing hard, but if you ram me in my back, you're going to get a reaction out of me."

Lakers coach Phil Jackson said that Griffin was being overaggressive and questioned Artest's ejection.

"He was just running up guys' backs. Guys get eventually tired of it," he said.

"I don't know how they make their decisions. Whimsically, I think," Jackson added. "I can see Lamar and Griffin or whatever, but Ron ... that was ridiculous."