"He wanted his All-Star snub revenge game"- NBA fans erupt over Clippers guard's leaked DM beefing with Lakers fan over injury return game

LA Clippers guard Norman Powell had an interesting exchange with an LA Lakers fan on Instagram. On Monday, a Lakers fan page on X (formerly Twitter) posted Powell's response. The fan initiated the exchange, taunting the NBA player if he "rushed" his return from injury to return to the team's lineup.

On Friday, the two rivals played each other, with the Lakers winning 106-102. The Clippers didn't have Powell on the lineup. The 6-foot-3 forward dealt with a left knee patellar tendinopathy and missed five games before their showdown with their hometown rival.

On Sunday, the two teams went at it again, this time with Powell in the lineup. Unfortunately for the Clippers, the result was the same. The Lakers handed them a 108-102 loss. The veteran, meanwhile, lasted less than nine minutes with four points, a rebound and a steal before suffering a right hamstring soreness.

After a Lakers fan reached out to him on his social media account and trolled him, Powell responded.

The exchange was posted on another social media platform, and it gained some reactions.

"He wanted his all star snub revenge game 😭" a fan said.

"The fact he had to respond let alone post it says everything lol," another fan commented.

"He tryna deny it to avoid embarrassment lol he’s a clown," one fan said.

Other Lakers fans didn't hold back in trolling Powell.

"He 100% rushed back to play us 🤣🤣" a fan said.

"Lakers own the clippers man," another fan said.

"Lakers don’t mean nothing right? But his response…..😂😂" one fan said.

Clippers star talks about the back-to-back losses they had against the Lakers

The losses the Clippers had against the Lakers were embarrassing as they couldn't defeat an undersized team. LeBron James and his group controlled the four-game regular season series with three wins.

All-Star Kawhi Leonard and his team won the first game of the season series but suffered three straight losses against their old rivals. After their game on Sunday, Leonard talked about how he and his team should remain focused despite the loss.

"It's a little different scenario just from the talent that we have and the situation I was in earlier in the season, but just got to keep fighting," Leonard said (Timestamp: 8:38). "Got to stay focused on each and every game and try to limit our mistakes as much as possible."