If there are two teams in the NBA that just don’t like each other, it’s the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. Over the past two seasons, every time these two teams have faced off, there has been some level of trash talk – tonight was no different.

In the second quarter of tonight’s game between the Grizzlies and Lakers, LeBron James blasted a shot over Ja Morant and immediately let him know he was undersized. The moment has over 70,000 views and 2,000 likes in about 20 minutes.

When the two teams faced each other in the regular-season tournament last season, they also experienced a heated moment.

All of the bad blood between the Lakers and Grizzlies originated in the 2022-23 NBA season. Several times during the season, both teams mocked each other and engaged in nonsense chatter after games, much of it encouraged by Dillon Brooks. Everything was accelerated in the first round playoff series, where the Grizzlies ultimately lost in six games after suffering some serious injuries.

If anything, it’s rivalries like these that make the sport great. Two teams don’t have to like each other, and disliking each other only fires them up even more. The Memphis Grizzlies needed to start this season with a chip on their shoulder, and hopefully moments like this will only add to the fire.

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