The LA Clippers will go on the road to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night hoping to claim a win to square up the best of seven series at 3-3 and take the NBA 2015 Playoffs series to a winner takes all Game 7.
Game 6 between the Clippers and Spurs has a scheduled start time of 9.30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on TV on the TNT network. The game takes place from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, and can be watched online through live stream via the link provided below.
For the Clippers fans, there may be a slight feeling of deja vu, as their First Round match up with the Spurs appears to strike a clear similarity with their exit last season at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Last season in Game 5 against the Thunder, the Clippers were looking good and had pulled out to a double-digit lead following a lightning start to the game. However, they allowed the Thunder to come back into the game, and ultimately allowed them to steal the game at the death when a questionable late call went against them.
Following that Game 5 defeat they were eliminated two days later.
The Clippers head into Game 6 of their current series against the Spurs experiencing some similar feelings. They held a 14 point lead in the first quarter against the Spurs in Game 5, only to allow the Spurs back into it, and then with less than 5 seconds remaining a call was made for offensive goaltending that allowed San Antonio to claim the win.
That 107-111 loss for the Clippers could easily have demoralized the team badly for tonight's game, and if so, they may go out with a whimper tonight.
However, the Los Angeles players will be desperate not to fall down now and experience the same depressing feeling as last season, and they will likely come out for today's game with all guns blazing.
Clippers coach Doc Rivers has indicating that the experience last season could help his team avoid a repeat of that despairing exit last year. He has said ahead of tonight's game: "That was a tough one last year. I'm assuming every experience you go through has to make you better, stronger, more mentally tough. So I'm hoping."
Whether the Clippers can claim a road win tonight to push this series to a winner takes all Game 7 remains to be seen.
Tonight's big game between the LA Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs will start at 9.30 p.m. ET and can be watched online through live stream by clicking here.
