Los Angeles Clippers vs Houston Rockets: Live Stream, Start Time, Watch NBA Playoffs Online

By Martin Martinez, Christian Post Contributor Friday, May 08, 2015

Hoping to take the series lead, the Los Angeles Clippers host the Houston Rockets at the Staples Center in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal in the NBA Playoffs. The match is on May 8, 2015 at 10:30 p.m. ET.

Despite giving up home-court advantage and missing one of their key players, the Clippers surprisingly took Game 1 of the series via dominating fashion.

In the 117-101 win, Los Angeles played without star guard Chris Paul but still had ample contributions from their role players. Furthermore, Blake Griffin was spectacular with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists. The Clippers even restricted James Harden to only 20 points in the first game, preventing him from going to the free throw line multiple times in a game. And still without Paul in the second game, Los Angeles hoped for the same result.

This looked to be the storyline by halftime as the Clippers outscored the Rockets 41-21 in the second frame to lead by nine at the half and looked at pace to take a 2-0 series lead.

However, the second half was a completely different story as Harden started to heat up and attack the basket. He would eventually end with 32 points and went a perfect 15-of-15 from the free throw line in the game. Dwight Howard had 24 points and 16 rebounds as he dominated the paint for the Rockets.

Griffin was still effective for the Clippers as he had 34 points and shot 57 percent from the field, but no other player scored more than 20 points for the Clippers as they eventually lost 115-109.

With the series tied at 1-1, the scene shifts to Los Angeles where the Clippers will have a big advantage in the next two games. They must capitalize and prevent Houston from regaining home court advantage in the series.

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