For the Clippers, this fifth game is about tilting the odds back in their favor and the only way to do that is to win Game 5 in Denver on Tuesday night.

Denver went into Game 4 shorthanded, as Russell Westbrook was sidelined with an injury. Even without him, the Nuggets were up big against the Clippers in Game 4, but the Clippers were able to cut into the lead and even tie the game with eight seconds left on a tip-in from Ivica Zubac.

Their stirring fourth-quarter rally ended in frustration when Aaron Gordon slammed home the game-winner as time expired to even the series, but the Clippers need to avoid the kind of lull that put