Up next for Clippers: vs. Sacramento on Saturday

Clippers forward Blake Griffin is fouled by Kings center DeMarcus Cousins during a game on Nov. 23, 2013.

By Mike Bresnahan

Oct. 30, 2015 6:05 PM PT

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: Prime; Radio: 980, 1330.

Records: Kings 0-1before Friday’s game, Clippers 2-0.

Record vs. Kings: 1-0.

Update: Not that the Clippers needed a new rival with the bad blood already overflowing in the Western Conference, but they may have found one after holding off the Kings’ spirited comeback in a season-opening 111-104 victory. “I hate ‘em,” Sacramento center DeMarcus Cousins said. “Honestly, I do. I hate ‘em.”

That’s fine with Clippers Coach Doc Rivers, a veteran of heated rivalries with the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons going back to his days as an All-Star point guard with Atlanta. “This is not the like business,” Rivers said. “It really isn’t. I’ve always laughed at that when someone says they don’t like you or like you — I don’t care one way or the other — my job is to beat you, period.”

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for Clippers: vs. Sacramento on Saturday

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