[excerpt] Great! Just what everyone around here always wanted:
A real city series.
It might not be as much fun as going deep into the playoffs, but, in case you missed it, this is a new era. The Lakers aren't quite as good anymore, and the Clippers aren't quite as bad.
You remember when Kobe Bryant said that the rivalries with the Kings and Spurs were over?
Well, this one's heating up.
"I don't know what the outcome is going to be," Clipper Coach Mike Dunleavy said Tuesday, "but I think we'll match up with them better with Shaquille gone."
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