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The result was delete. No evidence of notability of this matchup as a rivalry. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:20, 16 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Lakers–Rockets rivalry

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Fails WP:GNG with a lack of significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. The term rivalry is used trivially in sports when covering individual games. I could not find enough significant coverage that talks about the history of this alleged rivalry. The article has been tagged for WP:OR since 2011, and has only one reference to a stats site. — Bagumba ( talk) 06:55, 2 January 2017 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. — Bagumba ( talk) 06:57, 2 January 2017 (UTC) reply

• Keep- This isn't some average meeting between two franchises. Those two teams met each other 8 times in playoffs and those meetings proved to have big impact on deciding championship campaigns. The Rockets have eliminated Magic Johnson in his prime two times and denied NBA with 2 additional Magic-Bird finals. On the other side Kobe Bryant had to eliminate Houston 3 times to get his rings and some matches are classics. All in all I say that 246 total meetings between two franchises and 35 matches in playoffs, with the score 5–3 for Lakers (that shows the rivalry is far from one-sided) is enough for the page to exist.-- Woodmana ( talk) 07:58, 2 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep per Woodmama's well-defined reasoning (though I'm floored that there's no mention of the Rudy Tomjanovich/ Kermit Washington incident that predates this article's timeline). Nate • ( chatter) 08:22, 2 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete. Just because two WP editors say this rivalry is Notable does not make it so. I clicked the links above and could find no Reliable sources indicating these teams' matchups are anything other than, well, two teams playing against each other for a number of years. BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 22:49, 2 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Keep per Woodmama's excellent points. Lepricavark ( talk) 22:51, 2 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Comment Three more sources have been added since I nominated the AfD, but unfortunately none of them mention the word rivalry in their text. diff Still, seems WP:IAR to support WP:OR that a rivalry exists is winning the head count.— Bagumba ( talk) 05:05, 6 January 2017 (UTC) reply

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• Delete per nomination. Lakers–Celtics is significant, but this is not. If there was a rivalry then there would be plenty of media coverage. – Sabbatino ( talk) 12:18, 6 January 2017 (UTC) reply

• Delete. Not notable. Sportsfan 1234 ( talk) 20:47, 9 January 2017 (UTC) reply
• Delete. Not every NBA matchup is significant. Also eliminate many of the rivalries listed in National Basketball Association rivalries ( Jazz–Rockets rivalry? Spurs–Suns rivalry?). Clarityfiend ( talk) 03:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC) reply

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