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When Kings, Lakers started hating each other

By Scott Howard-Cooper
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Fire! That's how it started. The Sacramento Kings shouted in a crowded basketball house, and a brushfire of a rivalry had begun. The NBA has been at most times grateful and at other times bothered, but never bored. The Los Angeles Lakers, even from the throne, had a challenger, and the league as a whole needed that intrigue after three consecutive titles. That it came with the perceived, if sometimes incorrect, social contrasts only added to the fun and gameful tension. Not that there wouldn' ...

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