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Happy Holidays, Lockdown,

NBA, Thursday Edition, David Lock,

along with Washington Post Ben Goliver, and we'll review

the Christmas Day, kind of league status, look at all those things.

It was an interesting Christmas Day, Ben. I know you were at Lakers Clippers.

What is it felt to me like everyone plays a little harder Christmas that maybe in a league where rest and load management and other topics have existed all year,

that these were really good representations

of where everybody is and who they are.

Is that how you left Christmas Day a little bit?

Well I would say for sure in the case of the Lakers and the Clippers both those teams

really wanted that game. I mean you look at LeBron I think he you know he sat a game on

Sunday so he had like four days of rest for it. The clippers I mean you could just

tell by how Patrick Beverly just stops around the court constantly how badly

they want that win. I mean even even Montres Harrell after the game

kind of celebrating with some profane shouting at the tunnel.

I mean, it was a very boisterous and excited post-game situation

from the Clippers. And everyone loves to say it's not a rivalry

they always try to doubt play it but I think these two teams are really circling

each other we got a moment from truth from Paul George who said look I think the Western Conference is you know going to come down to

Clippers Lakers in the conference finals so at least one person is on record saying he's looking

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