Championship bonds are never broken. The appreciation for what Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce accomplished together when they sent the 17th championship banner into the TD Bank Garden rafters in 2008 will never be forgotten.
But don't expect to see any shared courtesies in Saturday's matchup between Rivers' Los Angeles Clippers and the Brooklyn Nets.
The same unrelenting competitiveness that fueled this trio to the championship podium together will now put these three hardwood heroes in a spirited battle against one another. With just nine wins and eight losses to show between them, both teams have plenty to prove inside the Staples Center.
Rivers is still helping the Clippers (6-3) understand how to play championship-caliber hoops on a nightly basis. Title aspirations seem even further removed for Garnett and Pierce's Nets (3-5), who now might be forced to wage war without starting point guard Deron Williams (ankle).
But which of these former coworkers has the most to gain tonight? Perhaps more importantly, which side could lose the most?
Rivers' Message
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Article written by Zach Buckley
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