The Los Angeles Clippers point guard has a special hate for James Harden. After showing once again why he’s considered one of the best NBA defenders, Patrick Beverley left a message in the air for Houston Rockets’ star James Harden.

Beverley’s defensive effort was key in the Los Angeles Clippers‘ victory over the Los Angeles Lakers 111-106, especially his solid effort to block Lebron James’s last attempt and get the crucial possession for his team with less than 4 seconds to the end of the game.

Towards the end, celebrating the winning outcome for his team, Beverley walked to the courtside seats to commemorate with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. During the celebration, a fan shouted to the guard “Don’t make me call James Harden”… which was promptly answered by Beverley:

“I’ll lock his ass up too””

“I’ll knock is a** out too!” Pat Bev 😂 pic.twitter.com/kwqMWaBttd — Hayley Byrnes (@HayleyByrnes) December 26, 2019

The rivalry between Harden and Beverley is one of the hottest in the NBA, and every time the Clippers and the Rockets matchup, this is a duel that the fans love to see. After all, it is the clash between one of the league’s biggest scorers against one of the best perimeter defenders, capable of facing players of much greater physical size. Just like yesterday when Beverley managed to create a lot of trouble for Lebron James.

In the playoffs, this duel between Patrick Beverley and James Harden has a good chance of happening, and so we can predict more moments of great tension between the two players.