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Houston Rockets mascot destroys Lakers fan with cake to face (VIDEO)

Chris Strauss, Paste BN Sports  |  USATODAY

It's been a hard enough season for Lakers fans without being violently attacked by an NBA mascot wielding a giant dessert.

A man in a Kobe Bryant jersey at Houston's Toyota Center for Tuesday's 125-112 Rockets' win over the Lakers was chatting on his cell phone when Clutch, the Rockets' mascot absolutely unloaded, Gallagher-style, with a giant cake to the man's face and chest. The whole thing was caught on camera for the Rockets' TV audience to enjoy. (Watch closely at the 00:13 mark to witness the carnage.)

While he might have been caught slightly off guard at the moment, the Lakers fan (or possibly embedded Rockets fan/employee in a Lakers jersey) had to have been in on the prank in some capacity given the force that the mascot hurled the cake with. There's no way the NBA is allowing its team mascots to roll through arenas looking for unsuspecting paying customers to physically assault with giant desserts.

It seems that the gimmick is Clutch's signature move, as evidenced by this four-year old video of him drilling 23 different rival-team 'fans" with their own giant cake. But whether this was a pro wrestling style ruse or not, the mascot's sheer force here was quite impressive.

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