The Western Conference is getting tighter by the day. With approximately 20 games left for each team, every game is a must-win with playoff positioning on the line. Tonight, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Minnesota Timberwolves will face off. Crypto.com Arena, but there are four different All-Stars on the injury report coming into the night.
Both teams hit
Often, the healthiest teams are the ones that have the most success late in the season and into the playoffs. We’ve seen big stars disappear for long periods of time, like Joel Embiid or Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns out indefinitely with a torn meniscus in his left knee.
The successes follow one another for the T’Wolves who have Anthony Edwards was listed as questionable with shoulder soreness and Rudy Gobert with hamstring soreness. Gobert is a former Defensive Player of the Year and Edwards is a legitimate MVP candidate.
The race for first place is on
Meanwhile, the Clippers, who already sidelined Russell Westbrook with a broken hand, could be without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George for a second straight game. They both missed the game against Milwaukee and today they are listed as questionable. Leonard has left knee pain while George has left groin pain that is bothering him.
These two teams are looking to finish as high as possible in the Western Conference standings and this could prove to be an important matchup in determining the final standings given the The T’Wolves won two of three games against the Clippers heading into the fourth and final game of the regular season.
Heading into the evening, the T’Wolves are a game and a half behind conference leader OKC Thunder and the Clippers are 3.5 games back.
