The Portland Trail Blazers play the Houston Rockets on Wednesday in Game 5 of their 2014 NBA playoff series. Tipoff is at 9:30 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Portland, up 3-1 in the series, bounced back from Game 3's loss with a 123-120 overtime win on Sunday. Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge, one of four Trail Blazers to score at least 20 points on Sunday, led all scorers with 29 points.
Now, just one game away from advancing, Portland can close out the series with a victory on the road.
"Houston will show a lot of fight," Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard told the Associated Press. "I believe 100 percent that they feel like they can still win the series. It will be hard to put them away. We've got to take it up a level because they will try to keep their season alive. ...
"We want to finish the series right now and it's going to take a lot of focus from our team and a lot of mental toughness and togetherness. That's the only way we're going to get it done on the road."
With their season on the line, desperation has set in for the Rockets heading into Wednesday's must-win game.
"It's desperation time," Rockets forward Chandler Parsons said. "We don't want our season to end and if we lose that's going to happen. All of our backs are against the wall and we've just got to be a resilient team."
Rockets coach Kevin McHale brought in Mario Elie and Hakeem Olajuwon on Wednesday to speak with the team, according to the Associated Press. Elie and Olajuwon were part of the Rockets team that bounced back from a 3-1 deficit against Phoenix in the 1995 Western Conference semifinals.
Houston went on to win the NBA title that year.
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (POR) and HERE (HOU).
