Last Updated: May 13, 2023, 05:55 IST
Los Angeles Lakers ahead LeBron James (6) drives to the basket in opposition to Golden State Warriors ahead Kevon Looney in the course of the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff sequence Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Stephen Curry scored 27 factors on Wednesday because the Warriors staved off elimination with a 121-106 victory over the LeBron James-led Lakers
It’s a White House divided — not over politics however the NBA playoffs as Vice President Kamala Harris cheers on the Golden State Warriors and her husband Doug Emhoff backs the Los Angeles Lakers.
“This is a complete state of affairs within the family,” Emhoff, whose official title is Second Gentleman, told the Los Angeles Times. “Kamala is a serious Warriors fan, I mean serious.
“I’m a hardcore Laker fan.”
The Lakers presently lead the Warriors by three video games to 2 of their best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final sequence.
Stephen Curry scored 27 factors on Wednesday because the Warriors staved off elimination with a 121-106 victory over the LeBron James-led Lakers.
Harris is a local of Oakland, California, whereas Emhoff went to highschool in southern California — Lakers territory. Both in fact have workplaces within the White House compound.
Emhoff stated that when he and Harris realized their two favourite groups could be battling within the playoffs, “we checked out one another and it was like, ‘Game on!'”
They posted a friendly wager on Twitter. The loser will have to wear the winning team’s jersey.
If the Warriors win, Emhoff would be forced to wear a jersey emblazoned with Harris’s name and the number “1″ that she obtained in January from Curry when the defending NBA champions visited the White House.
Game 6 within the Warriors-Lakers sequence is in Los Angeles on Friday. Only 13 NBA groups have rallied from 3-1 all the way down to win a sequence.
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