PLAYA VISTA, CA. -- The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers have played each other under the glaring Christmas Day and Opening Night spotlights but Wednesday's clash between the two hallway rivals actually will have playoff ramifications.
In what will be the biggest game of the season and quite possibly the most "meaningful" game for them, the Clippers and Lakers meet as they both desperately try to stay out of next week's play-in tournament.
After all the hype during the last few seasons of the two teams contending for a title and possibly facing each other in a playoff series, this will actually be a game that will feel like a playoff battle between the two teams that share the same hallway for their locker rooms at Crypto.