It has been five long years since the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers last faced off against each other in the NBA Playoffs. As many Warriors fans remember, the 6-seed Warriors took the 3-seed Clippers to 7 games and lost a close but highly competitive series.
So competitive, in fact, that it flared emotions on both sides to all-time highs. When the likes of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Steve Blake, and Marreese Speights used the infamous secret tunnel in Staples Center to confront their Clippers adversaries in their locker room, that says something about how much the two teams absolutely despised each other.