Lakers – Clippers Rivalry in the NBA just got awesome
By: J.J. Jack
And if you saw their last meeting, you would know why.
It used to be all that mattered when the Clippers played the Lakers was whether Jack Nicholson bothered to show. In their second meeting this 2012 NBA basketball season, it just didn’t matter no more.
This one clearly mattered. By the final period, there threatened to be more technical fouls and near-fights than basketball plays. The basketball wasn’t that bad, either. Spectacular, actually, if you are measuring intensity. The Lakers will measure it any way you want. Led by that old hand, Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers prevailed in a rough and rugged fourth period to win, 96-91.
Coming into this game, the Los Angeles Lakers had lost four of their last five games, including one to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Lakers play four of their next five games on the road and could ill afford to head that way with another loss to the Clippers, which would be four in a row, including two in the preseason.
With only one more meeting in the Hallway Series in April, the Los Angeles Lakers would have lost a season series to a team in its division, and with it possible playoff positioning.
Again, the Lakers took care of all that…
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