The LA Clippers will go on the road to face the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs 2015 series on Monday night.
Today's game comes from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and has a scheduled start time of 9.30 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on TV on the TNT network, but can also be watched online through live stream via the link provided below.
Many analysts would expect the Rockets to have the upper hand here; they have home court advantage, and come into today's Game 1 as fresh as could be having not had to play a game for six days.
The Clippers on the other hand only managed to progress through Round 1 on Saturday night, needing all seven games of their series against the San Antonio Spurs to get through to tonight's Second Round Western Conference match up.
Houston's James Harden has said ahead of the game: "It's been good to have our rest - (Monday's) going to be a big game for us, especially with our energy. They're coming off a really tough Game 7. So we just have to do a really good job of coming out here with energy, making sure we're playing well on both ends of the floor."
However, some Los Angeles optimists are saying that the Clippers players will be fired up for today, riding a wave of positivity after dispatching a very difficult San Antonio team, and that a lack of energy will not be an issue.
One big blow to the Clippers though is the injury to eight time All Star point guard Chris Paul, who injured his hamstring in the first quarter at the weekend.
His injury was not bad enough to keep him off court though, and he returned, eventually scoring the game winning shot with just a second to go. However, the injury surely will have tightened up after the game and he may well be struggling coming into this series against the Rockets.
About whether he would make Game 1, coach Doc Rivers has said, "My guess right now if I had to guess, I would say no. But I'm not sure."
Paul meanwhile was staying optimistic and said he would be praying to recover in time for today's game: "I'm going to get with our training staff and ... I know my grandmother back in North Carolina is praying right now. She's praying, and she'll let my mom pray over it and all that too, and it will be all right."
Today's big Game 1 match up between the LA Clippers and the Houston Rockets will start at 9.30 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the TNT network or online through live stream by clicking here.
