Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (coach's decision) didn't get off the bench in Wednesday's 108-98 Game 5 loss to the Trail Blazers.

Mbah a Moute (coach's decision) didn't get off the bench in Wednesday's 108-98 Game 5 loss to the Trail Blazers.

Analysis:

Coach Doc Rivers dumped Mbah a Moute from the starting lineup in favor of Paul Pierce as the team looked to extract more offense from its top unit with Chris Paul (hand) and Blake Griffin (quad) out, and it surprisingly resulted in Mbah a Moute dropping out of the rotation entirely. After the Clippers took a loss to trail 3-2 in the series, Mbah a Moute could reenter the mix for Game 6 on Friday, but it's unlikely he'd see major minutes.