Lakers, Clippers are back on the marquee
LOS ANGELES_In February of last year, the best basketball players in the world came to Staples Center to put on a star-studded show.
Jack Nicholson, Jamie Foxx, Justin Bieber, Queen Latifah and Arnold Schwarzenegger were among the celebrities in a crowd of more than 17,000 who paid an average of $1,900 a ticket to watch 23 NBA All-Stars strut their stuff.
For locals, it was the only opportunity to see more than one or two of the league's top players in a game in person. Los Angeles, a mecca of the sport, was host to an All-Star game without a Lakers or Clippers player on a roster.
How embarrassing.
Less than 16 months later, everything has changed. After some
