All Ball Sports: Lakers, Clippers Hallway Series? If so, thank Westbrook
by Paul Teetor All hail Russell Westbrook. The Lakers and Clippers have never met in the playoffs — but that statistically unlikely circumstance could change this year. And if it should happen, much of the credit has to go to Westbrook, the former NBA Most Valuable Player who was traded away by the Lakers two months ago, bought out by the Utah Jazz before he could play a single game for them, and then signed to a minimum-wage contract with the Clippers, all in the space of a single week. And now, most improbably, a Lakers-Clippers hallway series is the tantalizing prospect that emerged in the wake of Sunday’s double-upset playoff special: the seventh seeded Lakers beat the second seeded Memphis Grizzlies 128-112 early Sunday afternoon and a few hours later the fifth-seeded Clippers beat the fourth seeded Phoenix Suns 115-110. It was a day of raucous celebration for LA hoops fans as both teams took a 1-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. It was also a day of dreaming about future glory for fans of both teams, and a day that could not have happened without Westbrook changing LA teams back in February. Start with the Lakers: they got off to a 2-10 start this season with…
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