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Typically for the Clippers, at the end of what should have been a gorgeous summer week, we have been left with two gloomy thoughts.
In one dugout, they were fuming.
Admit it, you thought the shaken owner would crumble.
It was a no-hitter.
Staples Center was buzzing Thursday, thousands of high-pitched screams and ponytails gathered on a night when the Sparks' amazing Candace Parker could dunk for a third consecutive game.
In the end, the chant became fact, the screaming pleas of throaty New Englanders transposed into a sinking reality for silent Angelenos.
Not so fast.
Of all the NBA Finals injuries real and imagined, we've sorely neglected to detail the severe bruising suffered by many Staples Center patrons' hands.
Intrigued by the idea, shocked at its audacity, folks around town are whispering it.
They didn't choke.