The Clippers didn’t do themselves any favors in trying to advance to the Western Conference semifinals as they dropped Game 5 at home in an embarrassing 123-93 fashion. That was L.A.’s second loss on their own court of the series, so maybe heading on the road to Dallas is not a bad thing. The Mavs take a 3-2 lead into Friday night’s matchup as they try to punch their ticket to the next round and wrap up this best-of-seven series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Angeles did get the Game 4 win on the road 116-111 behind 33 points each from Paul George<\/strong> and James Harden<\/strong>. Perhaps the single most important thing for Game 6 is a better performance from Harden, who was an abysmal 2-12 from the floor and 1-7 from three in Wednesday night’s loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n