Suns And Clippers Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups For Game 4
On Saturday afternoon, the Los Angeles Clippers are hosting the Phoenix Suns in California for Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Suns will be without Cameron Payne, while the Clippers have ruled out their two best players (Paul George and Kawhi Leonard).
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Suns will start Paul, Booker, Craig, Durant, Ayton on Saturday."
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Clippers will start Westbrook, Gordon, Powell, Morris, Zubac on Saturday."
The series is currently 2-1 in favor of the Suns after the teams split Games 1 and 2 in Phoenix (and the Suns won Game 3 by a score of 129-124 in Los Angeles).
Right now, the Clippers are at a considerable disadvantage because this is the second straight game they will be playing without both George and Leonard (George has yet to play in the series).
That said, Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell played well in the absence of their two best players, and they will need to have another big performance to have a chance to tie the series up at 2-2, heading back to Phoenix for Game 5 on Tuesday night.
Both teams are incredibly talented, so whoever loses will head into the offseason after a highly disappointing first-round exit.
The winner of the series will advance to the second round and go up against either the Denver Nuggets or Minnesota Timberwolves.
