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LOS ANGELES -- Chris Pauls teammates figure he might need more time to fully recover from his role in one of the ugliest playoff collapses in NBA history. With the Los Angeles Clippers season riding on Game 6, Paul knows he doesnt have that luxury. The Oklahoma City Thunder are back at Staples Center on Thursday night, and the Clippers must shelve their memories of the mistakes late in Game 5 that cost them a chance to close out the series at home. Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford went to work on Pauls mind on the bus ride to their flight home from Oklahoma City after the Clippers blew a 13-point lead in just over four minutes. The fiasco culminated in the All-Star point guards touch foul on Russell Westbrook to set up the winning free throws, sandwiched between two brutal turnovers by Paul -- all in the final 14 seconds. "He was visibly upset, and I told him that game is not on one guy," Griffin said Wednesday at the Clippers training complex. "Its not on him. We made plenty of mistakes down the stretch, plenty of mistakes throughout the game that could ultimately change the outcome. That idea that the game is on him, you understand what hes saying, but its not on him by any means. We still have two games left to play." The Clippers roller coaster of a post-season has careened into another valley after the Thunder stormed back from near-certain defeat with the help of Pauls mistakes and a much-debated out-of-bounds call with 11.3 seconds left. Clippers coach Doc Rivers hadnt changed his opinion one day after declaring the Clippers "were robbed" on that call, although he said he wont file any formal protest. The NBA issued a statement Wednesday night saying the call was made correctly in the absence of clear evidence to change it on replay review. Paul still appeared glum, giving short, clipped answers to questions about his turnovers and the Clippers ability to bounce back in Game 6. "I woke up this morning with a beautiful wife and two beautiful kids," Paul said. "At the end of the day, it is basketball, but theres a lot of guys livelihoods who depend on it, so Ive got to do my part." After three weeks of a circus atmosphere around the Clippers, Rivers still believes his young team has gathered enough resilience to force the series back to Oklahoma City for a deciding game. The Clippers played 43 outstanding minutes in Game 5 to reach the brink of what could have been a benchmark victory in a shift of the Western Conference hierarchy, only to let it slip away. Rivers thinks its a lesson the Clippers needed. "You dont win it easy," Rivers said. "Were trying to do something special here and be something special. And if youre trying to stand out in any job, its going to be hard. Youre going to face adversity, and youve just got to accept that thats part of the process. Yeah, this is hard. Its supposed to be. And thats the only thing I told our guys. Whats going on right now is exactly what should happen to win. You have to go through stuff to win, and youve just got to deal with it." The Thunder travelled to the West Coast on Wednesday with a bit of house money after the comeback by Westbrook and Kevin Durant, who combined for 17 of Oklahoma Citys 19 points in the final 9 1/2 minutes while Los Angeles fumbled, stumbled and finally crashed. Oklahoma City could advance to its third Western Conference final in four years with a victory in Game 6. But the Thunder also recall their own collapse in Game 4 at Staples Center, where they blew a 16-point lead with nine minutes left last weekend. Game 5 told coach Scott Brooks plenty about his teams tenacity. "I like the fact that we did that after the game before," Brooks said. "We had a lot of opportunities to win that game." Neither team has been significantly better in this series: Los Angeles has cumulatively outscored the Thunder 540-539 through five games, with Oklahoma Citys two-man offensive game countering the Clippers more balanced attack. But even after the exhaustion of a seven-game first-round series with Golden State and the continuing drama surrounding owner Donald Sterlings lifetime ban, the Clippers leaders think theyve still got more fight. "I think weve done a pretty good job this season and in the post-season of putting things in the past and just moving forward," said Griffin, who leads the Clippers with 24.2 points per game in the series. Black Air Jordan 6 Retro . Spencer Abbott and Trevor Smith scored third-period goals erasing a 2-1 deficit giving Toronto a late 3-2 lead. Discount Air Jordan 6 Retro . The 18-time champions, who havent won the title since 1990, moved two points behind Arsenal after the leaders were stunned 6-3 at Manchester City on Saturday. 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The Irish skipper bundled home his first international goal to secure a vital victory for ONeills side, moving them onto four points in 2018 World Cup qualification Group D.Georgia were the better side in the first half, twice hitting the woodwork, and ONeill said he expected stiff opposition, admitting his side were second best before Colemans intervention. Highlights from Group D as Republic of Ireland faced Georgia in the European Qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. I watched their [Georgia] game against Austria and they could have scored before Austria scored a goal, ONeill told Sky Sports. Perhaps if they had a natural goalscorer in their side they could cause teams lots of problems.We have played them three times now in around a year-and-a-half and we have found all three matches difficult.They had the better of the first half by miles and we came into it better in the second half.We pressed them better and we gained some second balls, which we didnt get in the first half, and Seamus Coleman comes up with a wonder run and goal that befits the captain of the side. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.dddddddddddd99. No contract. Levan Mchedlidze and Guram Kashi hit the crossbar and post respectively for the visitors, who controlled the first half at the Aviva Stadium.Republic of Ireland improved after the break and held on to clinch their first Group D win in their bid to secure qualification for the World Cup in two years time, leaving ONeill to pay tribute to his players character. Jonathan Walters attempts an overhead kick in the first half at the Aviva Stadium The important thing about the players is they have, certainly since I have come to the team, a great desire to do well, the manager said. When its not going so well, obviously you need to re-energise and we needed a spark again in the second half to get ourselves going.The players got themselves going in the second half. Obviously Im delighted with the three points [but] we can play much better than that. Seamus Coleman celebrates his goal against Georgia Goalscorer Coleman added: In the first half we werent good enough and we were lucky to go in 0-0 at half-time.Its all about three points but we know the performance wasnt good enough, but were happy to come out of it with three points.The manager just gave us a rollicking and said nowhere near good enough.We came out second half, played slightly better, scored the goal, defended better. I thought man of the match was our keeper [Darren Randolph]. 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