The LA Clippers outscored Patrick Beverley for Game 2 because of a lingering left calf strain.
Coach Doc Rivers said the team’s starting point guard did not move well in the morning shootaround. He was added to the afternoon injury report as doubtful before the team downgraded him to the outside.
Beverley suffered the injury on Aug. 4 against the Phoenix Suns and missed the last five seeding games for the Clippers. He played in Game 1 against Dallas, but was limited to 20 minutes due to five personal fouls.
“I have no sense,” Rivers said when asked about the seriousness of the injury. “Of course it’s something that has stayed. But I have no idea if he’s playing the next game or if this is one of those things that lasts a week or so. I just do not know.”
The Clippers’ 118-110 victory over the Mavericks in Game 1 was only the 12th time in the entire season that the team had its full lineup. The team has often been short-handed due to injuries as well as personal situations that saw three Clippers leave the bubble to tend to family cases.
Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis, who was reportedly doubtful on Wednesday morning due to right knee injury, played in Game 2.
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon contributed to this report.
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