We know, we know it’s just preseason. But if you watched the game last night, you could see that it had playoff intensity as crazy as that sounds. Each team was trying to prove something to the other. But in the end, the Clippers looked much better. Is this foreshadowing for the season?
It was hardly the Battle of L.A.
That was last week, when Chris Paul ended up with the Clippers instead of their sun-is-always-shining rivals down the hall at Staples Center.
Score another one for the Clippers, though, who beat the Lakers in an exhibition opener, 114-95, Monday night.
It was a small-scale victory to be remembered by nobody in a week, but the Clippers will take what they can get against the Lakers.
They looked younger and hungrier after the long lockout layoff, and they’ll get another chance to prove it Wednesday when the teams meet again at Staples Center.
The Clippers had plenty of fun, turning an exhibition game into an exhibition.
Chris Paul wore a Clippers uniform for the first time and had 17 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, showing why the Lakers wanted him too.
Chauncey Billups also looked like a great pickup, scoring 23 points in 20 minutes after being claimed off waivers from New York last week.
Source: latimes.com
