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Lakers defend players against harassment allegations

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LOS ANGELES -- The are disputing claims that two of their players harassed two women Sunday night in Hollywood, saying “there are different interpretations of what happened.”

On Sunday night, activisit and author Alexis Jones posted a photo to Instagram and accused two men, later identified as Lakers guards Nick Young and Jordan Clarkson, of yelling from a stopped car at she and her mother while both groups were at a stoplight. Jones alleged the players “made vulgar, sexual gestures and comments.”

In a statement Tuesday, Lakers spokesman John Black said he had spoken Jones, as well as Young and Clarkson.