Kicker: Twenty-grand lesson

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MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Jaxon Hayes of the LA Lakers is hoping to dominate the slam-dunk competition at the NBA All Star Game this weekend.

No doubt that’ll be more fun than getting dunked-on on social media. Video showed the 7-foot Hayes dipping a shoulder into the Washington Wizards mascot G-Wiz, sending him flying.

The NBA suspended Hayes one game for roughing up the lovable character. 

But Hayes blames Wiz, for stepping on his foot.

HAYES: I might have lost it. I should have handled it a different way, and you know, we live and we learn.

Yeah, a $20-thousand dollar lesson learned.

HAYES: I obviously apologized to the team and to the mascot.

Yeah, and speaking of G-Wiz, the mascot, he made the next game — waving flags, firing T-shirts into the crowd, and proving video replay is always right.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Gotta behave!

BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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