Warriors don’t like Clippers, but respect them

On the verge of Thursday's game between the Warriors and Clippers - one of the league's best current rivalries - Warriors power forward Draymond Green said his team respects the Clippers, but that doesn't mean he likes their players. Since Green entered the league in 2012, the Warriors and Clippers have played in non-exhibition games 19 times. The Warriors have won eight of 12 regular-season games, and the Clippers knocked the Warriors out of the playoffs in a seven-game, first-round series in 2014. "I love it," said Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton, who grew up in San Diego and played most of his 10-year NBA career with the Lakers - never thinking the Warriors and Clippers would one day be the league's most-riveting rivalry.