LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers might have missed each other in the playoffs last year, but Lakers reserve Jared Dudley, in a new book, revealed his team was primed for the "Battle for L.A." because of Paul George.
"We hear some of those guys talking about how they're the team to beat in L.A." Dudley, along with co-author Carvell Wallace, wrote in their 42-page book, "Inside the NBA Bubble: A Championship Season under Quarantine," released this week. "It's fine if Kawhi [Leonard] says stuff like that.