Los Angeles Lakers losing to LA Clippers in restart opener would be damaging, says BJ Armstrong

Watch an NBA restart opening night doubleheader, featuring Jazz @ Pelicans and Clippers @ Lakers, live on Sky Sports Arena on Thursday from 10pm. First game tips off at 11:30pm

The headliners of NBA's second opening night of the season are the same as the first: the Los Angeles Lakers and the LA Clippers.

But Staples Center will not be venue for the fourth chapter in the Battle of LA. The latest clash between the two Western Conference heavyweights will play out inside the NBA's bubble at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex in central Florida with no fans present.

On this week's edition of Heatcheck, BJ Armstrong joined regulars Ovie Soko, Mo Mooncey and Jaydee Dyer to debate how the latest Clippers-Lakers tussle will play out.

Armstrong, who won three NBA titles alongside Michael Jordan as a member of the Chicago Bulls, believes the Lakers cannot afford to lose to a depleted Clippers team who will be without star reserves Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell.

"I don't think the LA Clippers are not going to show their hand. They have the perfect excuse not to because they don't have their full roster available. The one thing I know about Doc Rivers, he won't want to give the Lakers any confidence," he said.

"The Clippers feel in their heart of hearts they can beat the Lakers at full strength. They are not worried about what the Lakers are doing because they feel they are better than the Lakers. The Clippers are going to say, 'we are not at full strength, it's just another game'. But make no mistake, when they meet down the line when the playoffs begin, that is when they will really turn it up. ราคาบอลวันนี้

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