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Clippers’ Pat Beverley on Lakers Finals Chances: ‘They Have to Go Through Us’
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The Lakers sit atop the
Western Conference standings coming out of the NBA’s All-Star break at 41-12. That’s 4.0 games better than the No. 2 Nuggets and 5.0 games ahead of the Lakers’ in-city rival, the
Clippers. They entered the All-Star break on a three-game winning streak, with wins in five of their last six games.
But you can toss all that aside, Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley says. It would appear that the road to the NBA Finals runs through the Lakers, but Beverley disagrees.
“No, no,” Beverley told me. “I have said, they are going to have to go through us.
I think 1-through-17, coaching staff, training staff, organization, we all feel the same way. No matter what, you’ve got to come see us.
That’s our attitude. That’s been our attitude since last year.
And that won’t change.”
To open the season, in the wake of the additions of Paul George and
Kawhi Leonard this summer, the Clippers were the favorites to win the NBA championship, starting with +300 odds, according to
PointsBet.com. That hasn’t changed, but the difference is that the odds for the Lakers have improved—the website now has the Lakers (as well as the Bucks) at +260.
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