Intruders Ordered Pizza To NBA Player Christian Wood’s Home Before Break-In

These intruders picked a break-in strategy that might not be topped.

Investigators now believe that the intruders who broke into former NBA player Christian Wood’s rental home in November used a fake pizza delivery method to determine if anyone was home and before they allegedly attempted to get into the house.

According to a search warrant obtained by TMZ on Sunday, December 7, a Domino’s delivery driver arrived at Wood’s residence in Sherman Oaks, California, on November 5. Wood, 30, was home at the time, but did not answer because he was not expecting a pizza to be delivered.

The warrant says soon after the delivery driver left, three intruders broke into the residence through the back door. Wood allegedly fired three shots at the intruders, at which point they retreated in a getaway vehicle.

Authorities contacted the Domino’s and were told that an order was placed to Wood’s address. Thirty minutes after the order was placed, a number called the store to ask if the pizza had been delivered.

Police searched for the number that called the Domino’s, but came up empty.

The suspected intruders have not yet been detained, but nobody was injured during the alleged attempted break-in and nothing was stolen.

A week after the incident, Wood revealed to the LAPD that the gun he used was an unregistered ghost gun with a high-capacity magazine and it was not his. Wood claimed he found the gun at the rental property. (Ghost guns refer to homemade firearms, and are illegal in California.)

Authorities are now investigating not just the attempted break-in, but also the origin of the ghost gun.

Wood played eight seasons in the NBA, most recently in the 2024-25 season. He was released from the Lakers in February after a knee injury prevented him from playing all season.

He last played during the 2023-24 season with the Lakers and is currently a free agent.

Wood grew up in Long Beach, California and played college basketball at UNLV in Las Vegas.

He started his NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2015 and also played for the Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks before ending up on the Lakers.

“This is where I want to be, this is my hometown,” Wood said at Lakers media day before the 2024 NBA season. “This is my dream team to play on.”

He injured his knee late in the 2023 season, and was attempting a comeback before he hit some roadblocks on the road to recovery.

“Damn.. I was just feeling like my old self again and was in peak shape,” Wood posted on X after a setback in September 2024, just about a month before the season tipped off. “Minor setback for a Major comeback, and to my fans, don’t stop believing in me.”

He missed the last two months of the 2023-24 season and has not played in the NBA since then. He averaged 6.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 50 games in his first season with the Lakers, who waived the forward in February 2025.