WATCH: Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant tussle, get T'd up for trash talk

Published October 29, 2014 5:19pm

It has been a season since Dwight Howard left the Los Angeles Lakers, but there might still be a bit of bad blood between him and former teammate Kobe Bryant.

The two haven't played each other since Howard joined the Houston Rockets because Bryant was out for most of last season due to injuries, and that moment finally came on opening night.

In the fourth quarter of the Rockets' beatdown of the Lakers, Bryant got into Howard's face during a rebound play, leading the Houston center to throw a couple of elbows to create space.

Dwight Howard and Kobe going at it: https://t.co/DTnBtJG0LZ

— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) October 29, 2014

The two men continued to jaw at each other, leading to a double-technical foul call for them.

Bryant had a few choice words for Howard after the scuffle.

GIF: Kobe Bryant to Dwight Howard after tussle: "soft" http://t.co/qcydRZ0rIT

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) October 29, 2014

GIF: Kobe Bryant to Dwight Howard after tussle: "Try Me" http://t.co/YIFFOSBTkf

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) October 29, 2014

— JST, GMA News

Tags: nba, dwighthoward, houstonrockets, kobebryant, losangeleslakers