The NBA playoffs standings has the LA Clippers and Golden State Warriors tied 2-2 after the Clippers lost to the Warriors at Oracle Arena and now GS has the momentum heading into Game 5 and Los Angeles had to play Game 4 after dealing with the news about owner Donald Sterling and now the series is a best of three the rest of the way.
The Clippers lost 118-97 and now the series is tied 2-2 and Game 5 will have some extra drama in LA, as Sterling will not be in attendance and now this news threatens to overtake the team as they try to push towards a championship. Chris Paul and many other players came out to denounce the comments and so did names like Magic Johnson, LeBron James and Jesse Jackson and now the future ownership of the team could be in question as well and the league likely will take quick action when it comes to a penalty and it remains to be seen whether it will be before the matchup on Tuesday night in LA.
The Clippers tried to keep the off the court drama off the court, but after the public nature of the comments, it was hard to do that and everyone wondered what the team would do in response and they used the warm up before the game as a silent protest. The team went through warmups wearing blank red shirts rather than their team gear and they also wore black wrist and arm bands along with black socks as a show of being together about the situation.
The Warriors won the game in dominating fashion and star Stephen Curry led the way for the team with 33 points and he was the key for Golden State in the second half and he also put in seven three point shots during the game for a career best performance
