LA Clippers vs. Toronto Raptors

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Two buildings, twelve miles apart, the same seven o'clock, and the city only lets you have one of them. That is the real decision on the table tonight, and it only exists in a place with two teams and no coordination whatsoever between their schedulers. Choosing Inglewood over downtown is a particular kind of statement, and the people who make it are most of why this arena sounds the way it does: a crowd that had to actively decide, rather than one that inherited its allegiance from a parent. The newer building rewards the choice with sightlines and legroom the older one cannot physically offer, and a concourse where you can still watch the floor while standing in a queue for food. It sits across from the football stadium in the same enormous development, so the walk in from parking is longer than you think and better than you expect. Toronto travels with a surprisingly organised following, so there will be audible pockets of red. Pick the side of town nobody expects you to pick.