It’s a battle of Eastern Conference contenders who don’t like each other much on TNT this Thursday! And a battle of two Western Conference teams with very high-scoring and popular players who seem to get along just fine! There’s no love lost between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets, who met in the playoffs last year, and both have strong feelings about Kyrie Irving. And LeBron had some strong words for Luka Doncic after a game in 2020.
"You're a bad motherf*cker."
- LeBron James to Luka Doncic after Lakers beat Mavs in OT exactly one year ago
In that game, LeBron became the oldest and Luka the youngest NBA player with 30+ points, 10+ rebounds and 15+ assists in a game.