The NBA Playoffs continue tonight with Game 5 between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Clippers. The game is scheduled for a 10:30 p.m. start time and it will be televised nationally on TNT. Currently the odds for the game have the Clippers favored by 5 points.

These two teams have slugged it out for four games and now have a 2-2 series tie. Each team held serve at home winning both games and now the fifth game tonight will be the catalyst for the rest of the series. A road win here tonight for Memphis would be monumental for them moving forward in the sixth and potentially seventh game.

Each team won a game by more than 20 points and the Grizz picked up a double digit win at home in Game 3. Just the second game of this series, which saw the Clippers win 93-91, was an extremely close contest that came down to the final possession. That's not to say the games haven't been closely played, but that outcome was the only one within double digits.

Chris Paul said tonight's game is going to be the biggest game of the season for his team.

Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol have been playing very well the past few games and have been giving the Clippers a lot of problems on the interior. The rebounding edge has helped the Grizzlies even this series up at two games each but the Clippers have been battling on the inside with Blake Griffin, Caron Butler and DeAndre Jordan as much as possible.

Even though this game is on the road, the Grizzlies are going to play well tonight. They have been able to take the punches by LA so far in this series and even though the Clippers want to get out and run, the play of Memphis has kept that at bay for long periods of time.

Tony Allen has been playing some amazing defense in this series and we expect that to continue tonight.

We give the advantage to the Clippers being at home, but we like the Grizzlies to keep this one close. They've already dropped a close game in LA that they could have stolen and tonight if they are given that opportunity, we like them to get it done.

Free Pick: Clippers 91, Grizzlies 90

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