For most of the night, it looked like the same old horror show was unfolding for the Clippers.
The franchise had come close to advancing to the Western Conference Finals before, only to be turned away time and time again. Facing a 25-point deficit at home in Friday's Game 6 to the Jazz, a Game 7 in Salt Lake City felt inevitable.
But then Terance Mann came to life, and the Clippers rewrote their fate.
Mann scored a career-high 39 points on 15-for-21 shooting as the Clippers stormed back in the second half to win, 131-119, in front of a sold-out home crowd.