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    The Lakers and Clippers are ready to share their home for the final time

    by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2024 4 minutes
    Fans take their seats before the Lakers take on the Boston Celtics at Staples Center on April 15, 2021.

    LOS ANGELES — Ten seasons ago, the Clippers opened their preseason by visiting four of their Western Conference rivals. They went to Portland, Utah, Sacramento and finally to Phoenix before they opened the doors to their home arena.

    Fans had a lot of reasons to be excited — the team hired Doc Rivers in the offseason to coach and was about to enter the season as bona fide contenders. The season, Rivers felt, was about to be theirs. And, their arena should reflect that.

    So, the Clippers covered the banners at Staples Center celebrating the Lakers' championships and the retired numbers of their all-time greats, and instead featured images of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the rest of that Clippers'

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