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Pre-game Lakers broadcast gets under Nuggets coach Michael Malone's skin

Mark J. Terrill, The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES — Prior to Friday night’s game at the Staples Center, the Lakers radio feed was being piped into the visitor’s locker room, which, that night, was the Nuggets locker room. During the broadcast they explained away the Nuggets’ win over Philadelphia on Wednesday as blah between two teams “going nowhere.”

That caught the ears of Nuggets coach Michael Malone, perked them up, and became a phrase that further motivated the already always-motivated Malone to want to get the win over the Lakers even more.

“Going nowhere?