The final act before the game was performed Wednesday afternoon on ESPN 980's Inside the locker room.
“So you and Dion Waiters, you guys gonna be hanging out any time soon?” Scott Jackson asked. “What’s the story there?”
“Shots fired,” Beal replied.
“What do you think?” Jackson asked.
“I’m just gonna say November 21, man,” Beal replied.
“Are you guys trying to sell tickets, or what are you doing?” Jackson asked. “It’s great. It’s like WWE almost.”
“We’re trying to amp it up a little bit,” Beal said. “Pay-per-view game, hopefully.”
Then he turned serious.
“I mean, why wouldn’t you think you’re the best back court in the league?” Beal said. “I’m pretty sure me and John feel like that, him and Kyrie [Irving] feel like that, and Klay [Thompson] and Steph [Curry] feel like that. So it doesn’t matter. I mean, I would hope you have confidence in yourself, and believe that you’re the best in the league. But that’s just me being who I am and having confidence in me and John. I’m not worried about those guys or what they’re doing over there. I’m just trying to control what we can control, and trying to get wins.”
Brian Mitchell then said something about stats.
“I mean, some guys just get to talking,” Beal said. “And that’s all he’s doing right now. But what we’re going to do, we’re just going to prove it. And November 21, they come here, so we’ll just duke it out then.”