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Rain City Showcase gives Seattle Sonics fans hope for a return to the NBA, sooner rather than later

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The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 101-99 in a preseason game in Seattle on Friday night .

The game brought the NBA back to Seattle 16 years after the SuperSonics were abruptly moved to become the Oklahoma City Thunder .

A sold-out crowd of Seattle packed into Climate Pledge Arena for the third edition of the Rain City Showcase .

The new Climate Pledge Arena was built in the hope of attracting an NBA team to Seattle .

The new stadium was completed in 2021 , and was also built to attract an NHL expansion team.

The game came down to the wire, with the Trail Blazers getting a game-tying free throw with four seconds left.

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