Game 5 of the first round series was probably the most anticipated. Of course, the series is tied and Game 5 is all important from a basketball standpoint-but admittedly, spectators were more interested in the protest actions of the Clippers and even the Warriors.

The Golden State Warriors are a very vocal team. They have a solid and loyal fanbase, compared to the Clippers which appears to have gotten its following after they became successful.

Perhaps the cities and the culture that they represent, San Francisco and Oakland, would be more involved in protests than Los Angeles. It's difficult to determine, but their basketball team would have taken a bolder stance if NBA Commissioner Adam Silver did not make the bold decision to ban Donald Sterling for life.

From The Bay Area News: "The Warriors were going to go through pre-game warm-ups and take part in the national anthem and starting line-up introductions. They were going to take the floor for the jump ball, dapping up the Clippers players as is customary before games.

Then once the ball was in the air, they were just going to walk off. All 15 of them."

All Star point guard and team leader Stephen Curry confirmed it: "It would have been our only chance to make a statement in front of the biggest audience that we weren't going to accept anything but the maximum punishment. We would deal with the consequences later but we were not going to play."

Curry, David Lee, team senior Jermaine O'Neal and Draymond Green were all nvolved in the planning of the walkout.

That would have been the boldest form of protest and a nightmare for the NBA if an entire game would be cancelled after the jump.

To be fair, nobody knew what the Clippers were planning. Most people suspected that they would take it a step further from their warm up jacket toss from the last game. But since the decision was already handed out, we will never know as the players and Coach Doc Rivers are now avoiding the issue (of protest) and celebrating the positive direction for the future of their team.

Incidentally, the Clippers cheerleaders were in head-to-toe black outfits-totally against the red and blue color scheme. It raises suspicion that maybe the Clippers players planned on wearing black, too. Perhaps the cheerleaders didn't get the memo to change.