The LA Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers faced off Sunday evening for the first of four matchups this season. What was supposed to be a battle between best friends Tyronn Lue and Chauncey Billups quickly turned somber following the news this past week.

Billups, who just started his fifth season as head coach of the Blazers, was among more than 30 people arrested by the FBI on Thursday morning in a coordinated takedown across 11 states as part of a wide-ranging federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.

The news sent shockwaves throughout the world, with questions about the allegations continuing to pour in.

LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, who considers Chauncey Billups one of his best friends, was asked about the last couple of days.

“Just

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