James Harden and Klay Thompson go toe-to-toe in Drew League playoffs (Ball Don’t Lie)
In case you'd forgotten, Nick Young isn't the only NBA star who likes to show up and show out at the Drew League , Los Angeles' premier pro-am hoops run, which has grown over the last four decades from a six-squad league to a 28-team Nike-sponsored competition featuring drop-ins from high-level hoopers of all stripes. Los Angeles natives James Harden and Klay Thompson have also been known to get a sweat in at the Drew, and the two All-Star shooting guards — last seen locking horns during the Western Conference finals, when Thompson's Golden State Warriors toppled Harden's Houston Rockets en route to the NBA championship — went mano a mano in the first round of the Drew League playoffs last weekend, much to the delight of the L.A. faithful: [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Behind a near-triple-double (15 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) from the NBPA's MVP and the NBA's runner-up , Harden's LAUNFD squad topped Thompson's C.A.B.C. side, 78-71, to advance to the Drew's semifinals on Saturday. It might not quite be equal vengeance for Thompson's Dubs ending the Rockets' season, but hey, the Beard will take what he can get. [...
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