LA Clippers Staples Center Venue (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Will the LA Clippers actually benefit from new-look NBA playoffs with no home-court advantage?
Let’s face it, LA Clippers supporters don’t exactly have the best reputation among NBA fanbases. While the team has its share of passionate die-hards (thank you, fellow Clipperholics) the Staples Center usually doesn’t get mentioned on lists of places you wouldn’t want to play a do-or-die playoff game.
Part of that is the fact that the Clippers have to share the arena with the Lakers, a franchise that had a 24-year head start to gain fans in the City of Angels before the Clippers arrived in 1984.