Both the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers tried to downplay the significance of their highly anticipated game on Christmas Day. The Clippers are now 2-0 on the season against the Lakers.

"It was another road game," Kawhi Leonard said. "Christmas didn't have nothing to do with it."

"It's a long season," LeBron James said. "It's a marathon."

"It does nothing," Leonard said when asked what his team's victory meant to the Lakers-Clippers rivalry. "It's one game out of a season. Whoever won this game was not going to win the L.A. championship or anything. Both teams got their eyes on the biggest prize."