The war of words has already begun taking place as the John Wall and the Washington Wizards enter Staples Center to face the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was LaVar Ball’s warning to the Wizards that began everything, leading to a Marcin Gortat tweet, a Lakers team response, and words from Wall himself re-iterating his intentions.
Nonetheless, it is a team game and the Wizards come into Los Angeles as one of four remaining undefeated teams in the league and boasting arguably the NBA’s top backcourt in Wall and Bradley Beal.
The Lakers are coming off a tough loss on Sunday as they came up short against the New Orleans Pelicans after erasing a 22-point deficit.