NBA Playoffs 2017: Clippers vs. Jazz Game 6 live stream: Watch online
By Connor Learn
The Jazz took Game 5 in Los Angeles to earn a 3-2 series edge over the Clippers. Utah will seek to close out the series as it comes back home for Game 6.
Coach Quin Snyder has his team succeeding in the playoffs for the first time as a group. The Jazz lost two games in this series when star center Rudy Gobert went down, and it looked as if they were doomed to fall to Los Angeles. Gobert returned for Game 4, Blake Griffin went down and suddenly the series flipped: Utah won the last two games. Both games were tightly contested affairs, however, and Los Angeles could have taken both games as well.
That is exactly the challenge that the Clippers now face to close out this series. Despite all momentum going against them and Blake Griffin being done for the playoffs, they need to find a way to rally and win back-to-back games against the upstart Jazz. Chris Paul has been excellent as usual in this series and gives them a chance. He will need strong support, and that is where Los Angeles may falter at this point. They will seek to prove doubters wrong and extend their season during this matchup.
Projected starting lineups
Clippers*: Chris Paul, J.J. Redick, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Marreese Speights and DeAndre Jordan.
Jazz: George Hill, Joe Ingles, Gordon Hayward, Boris Diaw and Rudy Gobert