The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers square off Nov. 5 in the continuation of what has quietly become one of the NBA's greatest ongoing rivalries.
Thanks to a playoff series win last season, the Clips hold an undeniable advantage in the intrastate competition.
But that's about to change.
A Brief History
Neither the Warriors nor the Clippers have been very good for very long. This incarnation of the Dubs has been relevant for precisely two seasons, and the Clippers—as they presently exist—only started to matter in 2011-12.
This is not a multigenerational Hatfield-McCoy situation. Nobody's Pa poisoned the well of anybody else's Pa back in Aught Four. Still, the intensity is real, augmented by an entertaining back-and-forth in which both sides have struck blows.
We've seen highlights aplenty on both sides, as well as every NBA lip-reader's favorite video snippet:
The Warriors have gone 5-3 against L.A. over the past two regular seasons, but their margin of victory in those matchups is a combined three points. ...
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