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Rivalries in the NBA are pretty common. We have the infamous Michael Jordan vs. Isiah Thomas, Shaquille O?Neal vs. Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird, and many more… One of the strangest and most entertaining ones of all was the one between Lance Stephenson and LeBron James. It was mostly one-sided, from Lance, and ranged from the usual trash-talking to the much weirder blowing in Bron’s ear.?

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Through it all, James never really gave in to him and it has been forgotten. Until last night, that is. The Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers tipped off in what can be called an important match for both teams. The Lakers have won just three games of the seven played. Houston, on the other hand, has won three of the six games. Rockets gave their fans everything they wanted, along with something else.?

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A new rivalry in the making?

As the Rockets dominated the game right from the beginning, there was a moment between the forwards of the two teams. Dillion Brooks and LeBron James appeared to be in a stand-off and ?sharing a moment?. And fans couldn?t help but compare it to Lance-LeBron. Here are some of the reactions.?

One fan even claimed that Stephenson deserves royalties from Dillon for copying the moment.

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And some other fans thought the moment was just downright hilarious

Lakers reach a new low

While the game was hilarious to most, the Lakers fans were having a tough time. The team failed to take the lead and waited almost three minutes before adding their first two points. As the Rockets raced past them in adding more points to the scoreboard, LeBron and co. took their sweet time and failed to eventually catch up to them. They set a record for the worst first-quarter performances by a team in league history.

Such consecutive abysmal performances leave fans wondering what happened to the Lakers of the old. Will they ever be able to bounce back from these disappointing performances? Only time will tell.

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Ruth John is an NBA Primary Editor at EssentiallySports. With over two years of experience in content creation, Ruth began her journey at ES as a writer covering live game reports sprinkled with a few off-court pieces delving into the players’ everyday lives. In her role as an editor, she is focused on ensuring that every piece she puts out has something unique to offer to the reader. As much as she helps the writers, every day is a learning curve for her as well, with the chance to see things from different perspectives. Ruth owes her love for basketball to her cousins, who forced her to watch them as they hogged all the TV time. Now she watches it just for the love of it, albeit all alone by herself. Besides writing, she spends most of her time catching up with the latest Netflix series or listening to Joji’s entire discography with no skips.

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