(Los Angeles, CA)  --  The shorthanded Clippers couldn't hang with the Trail Blazers as they lost, 108-98, at the STAPLES Center in Game Five of their first round series.  Los Angeles didn't have Blake Griffin or Chris Paul and won't again for Game Six on Friday in Portland, as they trail 3-to-2 in the best-of-seven matchup.  C.J. McCollum paced the Blazers with 27 points, and Damian Lillard knocked down five threes on his way to 22.