The Clippers were a better team than the Trailblazers during the regular season by all accounts. However, there are a couple players, one from each team, who could sway the series strongly in one direction or the other. They are Ed Davis and Blake Griffin, and they are the X-Factors of this series.
Ed Davis is one of the best backup big men in the NBA. He has also destroyed the Clippers this year to the tune of a 13.5/11.3 line-- off the bench! In the Clippers one loss to the Blazers this season, he went absolutely crazy, throwing up a 17/15 line and mutilating the poor Clippers big men in the process.