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Post-game reaction after the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Golden State Warriors 113-103 in Game 5 of their Western Conference opening-round playoff series on Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Earlier in the day, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for making racist comments in a recorded conversation, the first step toward forcing a sale of the club and permanently removing Sterling from the league. Silver also fined Sterling $2.5 million, and again expressed outrage.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers Guard

"It has been tough but luckily Mayor Kevin Johnson has been amazing through this entire thing and being a leader, being out front he has given me the opportunity to just go out and play and worry about our locker room but it is amazing the unity that our league has shown through this, through this time time. It's a great day."