The heated rivalry came down to the finals minutes during the L.A. Clippers 112-108 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
The Warriors handed the Clippers their first loss of the season in the back-and-forth battle just a couple of days after Golden State embarrassed the Memphis Grizzlies 119-69 on Monday.
The Clippers’ official Twitter account did some trolling after Wednesday’s tough loss, finding solace in the Grizzlies thumping.
Final from Oakland… GSW 112 LAC 108 #didntloseby50
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) November 5, 2015
The Grizzlies did not find the troll funny.
“It’s childish,” Grizzlies guard Courtney Lee said, per Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal. “We took our L and we kept it moving, right? We lost by 50. We didn’t cry over it, and went on to the next one. Apparently, they’re holding on to it. That’s what they got to do to overshadow their loss. Last time I heard, a loss is a loss. But that’s what they do over there.”
“You ever seen the movie ‘White Men Can’t Jump’? It’s like those bothers would rather look good in a loss and look bad in a win,” Grizzlies guard Tony Allen said, per Tillery. “Whoever is in charge of their Twitter should be fired. I’ve never seen anybody broadcast losing. Who’s proud of losing—whether it’s by one, two-three or 50? Enough said.”
Grizzlies veteran forward Zach Randolph didn’t seem to take the tweet too seriously.
“I take it with a grain of salt,” Randolph said, per Tillery. I ain’t with all that talking and Instagraming and tweeting and bluffing. You got to prove it on the court.”
We seem to have some three-way beef with the two other teams being tougher than the Clippers at times. We’ll see how it plays out.