Clippers vs. Warriors Game 1: live coverage

Play between the Warriors and Clippers has been physical and feisty the last two seasons, including this rebounding action between Festus Ezeli (31) and Blake Griffin (32). (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times / )

For two seasons, the Clippers and Golden State Warriors exchanged barbs during the regular season, neither team backing down.

Now it'll be interesting to see if the Clippers and Warriors ratchet up that animosity when they meet in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series this afternoon at Staples Center.

The Warriors won the 2012-13 season series, 3-1, leaving the Clippers saying Golden State celebrated too much.

The Clippers and Warriors split the 2013-14 season series, 2-2, leaving both teams calling out the other.

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Most NBA pundits say rivalries are made in the playoffs.

Well, the Clippers and Warriors are rivals in the Pacific Division, which the Clippers won for the second consecutive season.

Now the pundits will get to see if the Clippers vs. Warriors truly becomes a rivalry.

'We've had good games with them, just like we've had good games with some other teams,' Clippers All-Star power forward Blake Griffin said. 'But it's going to be intense, for sure. So as far as animosity and all that, we both have to play each other to get to where we want to and that's the way it is.'

--Broderick Turner

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