"The conversation didn't involve him. The game was long since over. Only the final score was in doubt. But Chris Paul wasn't about to walk away. Not without letting Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and whoever else was still watching the Lakers' 96-91 win over the Clippers on Wednesday night know that his team still had something to say.

The Lakers may have won the second installment of what is clearly going to be a heated city rivalry for years to come, but this ain't over. It's not even tabled until the next time these two teams play April 4.

It's just getting started.

"They got us tonight," Paul said with a little wink. "But we'll get them again later."

Paul isn't the first Clippers player to give a statement like that after a loss to the Lakers. He's just the first Clippers player I believe. Or rather, this is the first time it seems like the Clippers have enough talent to have caught the Lakers' attention in a serious way."