On the verge of a burial, the Clippers took to the air.
Their future in doubt, the Clippers traveled to a parcel of their past.
It’s a ghost town now but, for one night, it came alive with rim-rattling, crowd-roaring and scoreboard-blinking glory.
Remember Lob City?
It was back, bold and beautiful as ever, its power resurrected in a 99-91 victory Tuesday over the Utah Jazz that knotted a first-round series at one game apiece.
There were flying alley-oop dunks. There were soft open layups. There were spinning and fighting runners.