The largest crowd in Honda Center history was packed with boisterous fans of both teams for a prominent game in this lockout-shortened year.

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Anaheim missed two of the previous three postseasons, and Honda Center was packed well before the opening faceoff with hungry fans waving orange glow sticks and whipping towels above their heads.

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But Disney has since sold out of the hockey business, and the Ducks, whose season ticket base has shrunk in recent years, could sure use a basketball partner in the Honda Center.

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Game 2 is Thursday at Honda Center.

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Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida won a lackluster split decision over 42-year-old veteran Dan Henderson on the undercard at Honda Center, and bantamweight Urijah Faber beat Ivan Menjivar with an acrobatic rear naked choke late in the first round.

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But Center says Honda is aiming the SolarCity program beyond hardcore environmentalists and seeks to appeal to the average driver.

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An inveterate tinkerer, Honda also set up a center nearby to develop better soybean varieties and improve agricultural processes.

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Steven Center, the vice president of advertising and public relations at Honda in Torrance, Calif.

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