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Jan. 19, 2025 4 AM PT
Nine-thousand, four-hundred and forty-eight days or so ago, Derek Harper split on a pair of free throws inside the Los Angeles Sports Arena with one second on the clock for the final point scored by a Lakers player in a true road game against the Clippers.
After March 9, 1999, anytime the Lakers and the Clippers played, they did so as roommates, as co-tenants of Staples Center (and later, Crypto.com Arena) — a bizarre situation that led to banners being covered and traffic jams underneath the building as players from both teams tried to exit out of a parking lot designed for one home team and not two.