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A pair of long droughts for fans in Los Angeles and New York could end in the next few days.
The last time the Los Angeles Lakers won a playoff game in their own building, Staples Center, was May 18, 2012. (Remember, everything last season was at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.)
Letâs put how long ago May 2012 was in some context: At that point, LeBron James still had zero NBA championships, and the Lakersâ win that day was against an Oklahoma City team that had Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden.
And it has been more than six years â since April 27, 2015 â since a home team won a playoff game in New York. The Brooklyn Nets beat Atlanta that day; the Nets havenât won a home postseason contest since. The New York Knicks open at home Saturday, against Atlanta, in their first playoff game since 2013.
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