Lakers claim they weren't looking forward to facing Clippers
The Lakers claim they weren't looking forward to a Battle for LA.
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00:00 The LA Lakers claimed that they weren't looking forward to facing the LA Clippers.
00:05 Now it seemed like the entire NBA season, the entire 2020 season, it was destiny to have the Clippers face the Lakers in the conference finals.
00:13 It was a great opening night game. It was a great Christmas game. It was a great bubble opening night game.
00:18 Every single meeting was fantastic. It brought the ratings. It brought the stars. It brought everything you anticipated and more.
00:25 Now, unfortunately for the world, the Clippers couldn't hold up their end of the bargain as they repeated history from 2015 and blew a 3-1 lead against the Denver Nuggets in the conference semifinals.
00:34 With that being said, both sides seemed to downplay the interaction tremendously.
00:40 The Lakers claimed that they weren't looking forward to facing the Clippers. Kyle Kuzma said they weren't looking at the Clippers. They weren't paying attention to them. He said they were never focused on them.
00:48 LeBron says there was nothing to settle. And while they say that, and the Clippers, you know, they say the same things on their side, clearly the words don't seem to speak the same volumes as the actions.
00:59 When the Clippers defeated the Lakers on Christmas, Montrez Harrell was screaming in the tunnel about how that's how you ruin a Christmas.
01:06 Anytime the Lakers defeated the Clippers, Jared Dudley would tweet about the team. LeBron James was pounding his chest when he defeated the Clippers for the first time ever in March.
01:15 The entire season advertising campaign by the Clippers, spotlights, streetlights over spotlights was a dig at the Lakers.
01:23 So to say that they weren't looking forward to facing each other on either side is a clear and blatant lie.