LOS ANGELES – Golden state star Kevin Durant has been ruled out of Tuesday's (Wednesday Manila time) first game of the NBA Western Conference finals, and coach Steve Kerr said he could miss more of the best-of-seven series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Durant was listed as out for Tuesday's game in Oakland, California, on the Warriors' injury list, and Kerr told reporters that he did not know when Durant would return from a right calf strain. "Everyone needs to slow down a little bit on the Kevin stuff," Kerr said after the team practiced on Monday. Durant was averaging a league-best 34.2 points in the playoffs when he was injured in the third quarter of Golden State's 104-99 victory over Houston in game five of their second-round series last Wednesday. The Warriors went on to seal the series with a game-six win without Durant as an MRI showed the injury was no worse than the strain originally diagnosed.

Source: Philippine Star May 14, 2019 02:20 UTC