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"For us, our goal was to extend the series and win another home win," said Clippers star reservist Lou Williams after the victory at Oracle Arena, which propelled the series to Game 6 on Friday in Los Angeles. . "It's their mistake to look forward, so it's on them."

According to figures from ESPN Stats & Information, the Clippers are the first team to win two playoff games as double-digit underdogs in the same playoffs since the 1993 Lakers. (The 1993 Lakers won games 1 and 2 against the Suns in the first round as the underdogs at 13.5 and 14 points before losing the best-of-five series in five games.)

Wednesday's edginess was also tied for the second-highest playoff since 1991, according to ESPN Stats & Info. The Clippers went into the game as neglected at 15 points.

After losing the fifth match, Thompson admitted that he was looking ahead.

"Yeah, start with me, I was," Thompson said. "I thought we were going to win and win tonight, but sometimes life does not go as planned, we're still in an excellent position with only, hopefully, 48 minutes to eliminate these guys." They were boring. have been difficult, but now it's time to do what we do. "

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Lou Williams leads the Clippers with a 33-point game while the Clippers beat the Warriors 129-121 in a thriller to force the sixth game.

Warriors stars Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry, however, said the team was not looking beyond the Clippers.

"I know I do not think about the future," Durant said. "Just thinking about the game. And I feel that everyone has their state of mind."

Curry said, "We understand, we have been in this situation many times.We know how difficult it is to close a series.At the end of the day, as bad as we played in the first half, we were there There was only two and a half minutes left, so we got back on the road and we had a chance to win, just fired in the opposite direction, responsible for how we started the game and what we have to do better work in this area. "

In the series, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he felt his team had not exploited its full potential.

"I told our guys, like, they have not been [themselves] in the series, "he said. We have not yet put a game where we are through the game. "

But that changed on Wednesday.

"It was us," Rivers said. "It was our team today, and it was great to see."

Could the Clippers be 3-2 ahead in the series? Clippers goaltender Patrick Beverley seemed to say the same after the match when he talked about his team's performance in the fourth game.

"In the last match, Game 4, we felt we should have won that," Beverley said. "We had the impression of having lost a match, not that they beat us."

Rivers also discussed the possibility that Wednesday could have marked the final game for long-time Clippers presenter, Ralph Lawler, who is retiring after the playoffs.

"Ralph never talks to me before the match when I'm on the ground." He approached me for the first time and said: "Coach, I had 20 people. [come up] to congratulate me on my career and say good luck, like, tonight is Ralph's end. Please, do something about it, "says Rivers.

"So Ralph, we did it, and that's all good."

Clippers' players also talked about extending Lawler's career as a broadcaster of at least one game.