Jared Dudley Has Message For Teams Ducking Playoff Matchup

NBA teams are getting ready for the final stretch of the season and Jared Dudley has a message regarding the playoff run. Teams developed different strategies. The Los Angeles Clippers sat their starters and lost the match to the Oklahoma City and the Houston Rockets. Both teams combined for 39 wins. The Clippers avoided a first-round game with the Lakers if they were able to clinch the No.6 seed.

Well, LA fell to No.7 and has to play against the Golden State Warriors. If LeBron James and his teammates win the game, they will play against the Phoenix Suns in the first round.

Chris Paul talked about this and fans understand him.

“I’ve been in the West my whole career,” he said on Saturday. “West ain’t never been easy. I don’t care who you playing, or what series it is, or what game it is. When I played in New Orleans I was in a division with Memphis, Houston with Yao and T-Mac, and Dallas when they were nice with Dirk and Stackhouse and all them. The West has always been a beast. When you try to match up with someone else, you can get it handed it you. You can’t duck nobody if you really think that you can win it all. You got it go through it.”

Jared Dudley is ready for the playoff run

Dudley said trying to avoid them early is a mistake.

“If I was another team, I would want to play us early,” he said. “I would want to play when LeBron James is coming off of an ankle injury. We’re trying to find our chemistry. You think that we’re going to be better later or better now? I mean, the more chemistry and the more games, the stronger we get.”

Lakers forward Jared Dudley on the Lakers' quest to defend their title as a seventh seed: "It'll be the hardest challenge any NBA team had in any NBA history."

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The Lakers will have to get 17 wins to win the 18^th title in team history.

“It will be the hardest challenge any team has ever had in NBA history,” Dudley said. “We’re up for it. We’re the defending champs. They’ve got to worry about us. We’re getting healthy at the right time and no one wants to see a healthy Laker team.”

Things look really tough right now. LeBron really likes Steph and even said that the veteran was the MVP for the season.

According to Dudley, the Lakers didn’t make their bid for a repeat easy. LeBron and Anthony Davis feel good now and there is no room for worries. The four-time NBA champion doesn’t even think of the seeding. He is all-in when it comes to winning titles so it will be a good battle for everyone.