The Golden State Warriors visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday in Game 1 of the 2014 NBA playoffs first round. Tipoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links below.
Trash talk started well before tipoff when Warriors guard Klay Thompson seemingly took a jab earlier in the week at Clippers star Blake Griffin. Thompson compared Griffin's style of play to a "bull in a china shop" and called him a flopper.
Griffin declined to respond, but Clippers coach Doc Rivers came to his defense.
"If he's flopping, keep doing it because those numbers look awful good to me, so flop on," Rivers told the Associated Press. "Blake's kicking a lot of people's butt and they need something to say about him."
Golden State will be without starting center Andrew Bogut, who's sidelined indefinitely with a broken rib. Veteran backup Jermaine O'Neal will play at the 5-spot and be tasked with battling Clippers center DeAndre Jordan.
"I've been through a lot of battles in the playoff field and I know how intense it is and I have great experience in that," O'Neal said.
O'Neal and Griffin were involved in a squabble when the two teams met in March. Griffin, though, is uncertain if there's still bad blood between the two.
"I don't have Jermaine's number so I don't really talk to him," said Griffin. "I don't know if there's a lingering issue or not."
ABC is broadcasting the game. Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcasts HERE (GSW) and HERE (LAC).
