LOS ANGELES (AP) – As much as the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors don’t like each other, they’re a lot alike in some ways.
There’s an All-Star point guard on each side, they’re both young and athletic, and each franchise is trying to distance itself from an inglorious past that cast them as afterthoughts for most of their years in the NBA.
The dislike between the teams goes beyond the Southern California vs. Northern California sense of superiority. They’ve tangled while splitting their four games this season, most famously on Christmas, when Blake Griffin was elbowed by Warriors forward Draymond Green.
In March, Griffin and Warriors backup center Jermaine O’Neal squabbled in a Clippers victory and it carried over after the game.
With both teams having been down so long and now competing for a title, Clippers forward Matt Barnes says there’s going to be ”some hostility and animosity and hatred.”
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