Russell Westbrook Reportedly Out for Nuggets vs. Clippers Game 4 with Foot Injury
Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook is out for Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday with a foot injury, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The Nuggets trail the Clippers 2-1 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
After winning their first game of the series against the Clippers, 112-110 at home, the Nuggets dropped two straight games — 105-102 on Monday and a 117-82 blowout loss on Thursday.
Westbrook exited the Nuggets’ game on Thursday midway through the second quarter after rolling his foot during warmups and attempting to play through the pain before being pulled.
In addition to Westbrook, forward Michael Porter Jr. injured his shoulder on his non-shooting arm while diving for a loose ball during the team’s game on Monday.
Despite the injury, Porter Jr. played on Thursday and will be available again on Saturday.
"They say it's normally a four, five-week injury. I mean, you use your shoulder for everything. It was tough to rebound. Tough to bring it up to shoot. It was probably like 20-30 percent. I couldn't really use it," Porter Jr. told reporters after Thursday's loss. "If I can, I will. If it's still in the place like it is today and I don't feel like I can even bring any help to the team at all, then there's no point in trying to go out there."
In three postseason games, Westbrook has averaged 10.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.7 steals while shooting 33.3 percent from the field off the bench.
