Clippers' Lou Williams on Warriors: 'It's Their Mistake for Looking Ahead'

Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams believes the Golden State Warriors were looking past their first-round series in Wednesday's 129-121 Game 5 loss to L.A.

Williams told reporters: "For us, our focus was to come in, extend the series and get another win. ... It's their mistake for looking ahead. So that's on them."

Golden State now holds a 3-2 lead with the series heading back to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Friday. With Wednesday's loss and a blown 31-point lead in their Game 2 defeat, the Warriors are showing vulnerability despite having won two consecutive NBA championships and three of the past four.

After Golden State beat L.A. to take a 3-1 series lead Sunday, Warriors guard KlayThompson commented on moving on to face the Houston Rockets: "We see our opponent, they're up 3-0. So we don't wanna give them any more rest days."

Following Wednesday's loss, Thompson admitted to looking past the Clippers: "Yep, start with me. I was. I thought we were going to come out and win tonight, but sometimes life doesn't go as planned. We're still in a great position with hopefully only 48 minutes left to close these guys out. They've been pesky. They've been tough, but now it's time to do what we do."

Houston closed out the Utah Jazz with a 100-93 win in Game 5 on Wednesday.

Williams led the Clippers in scoring in Game 5 with 33 points off the bench to go along with 10 assists. He was a major factor down the stretch, as L.A. erased a one-point deficit with 2:40 remaining and ended the game on a 12-3 run.

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Now that Golden State has dropped two games in the series, Warriors star Kevin Durant insists that his team is focused on the present: "I know I'm not thinking about the future. Just thinking about the game. And I feel like everybody has their mindset."

The eighth-seeded Clippers entered the series as a massive underdog (100-1), but they are now one home-court win away from forcing a Game 7 and pushing the defending champs to the brink of elimination.