The Los Angeles Lakers reinforced their hold on the city by securing their 17th championship in franchise history. Of course, they did not forget about all the talk that came from the L.A. Clippers in the media cycles throughout the season.
Although the Clippers had high hopes of knocking off the Lakers en route to their first title ever, they failed to take care of business after blowing a 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals.
Forward Jared Dudley admitted during an appearance on “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” that the Purple and Gold found it rather amusing that their inner-city rivals could not do their part to make the “Battle for L.A.” come to fruition,
via The Score:
“We were laughing. We were laughing, in the sense like, ‘I can't believe it,” Dudley said. “I picked them to win Game 7. There was no way I thought they were going to lose. Our whole mind was, we gotta beat the Clippers. We want the Clippers. They wanted us. It was the trash-talking that happened.
The rarely used Lakers talent pointed out that the Clippers essentially got too ahead of themselves and it came back to haunt them.
“Pat Bev ‘check ball' during the pandemic, ‘Playoff P' talking about he the best – him and Kawhi. Kawhi with the commercials, the crown, we're seeing all these billboards up here. So when we go to practice every day, there's a Kawhi billboard.”
There is certainly plenty of truth considering how the Clippers had no problem talking the talk despite not having actually won anything. The result was a meltdown of epic proportions and the team is now reeling to determine who can take over for head coach Doc Rivers.
Meanwhile, the Lakers continue to relish in winning yet another title amid the unprecedented circumstances while also getting the last laugh over the Clippers.
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