The Golden State Warriors are not the only team that has been hit hard by a key injury. The Los Angeles Clippers suffered two in their 98-84 Game 4 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, with point guard Chris Paul and power forward Blake Griffin going down.
Paul's broken hand and Griffin's quad injury are expected to keep them both out for the rest of the series, turning the Blazers into three-point road betting favorites in Game 5 after opening as 2.5-point dogs at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.
Los Angeles hung tough in Game 4 after losing Paul in the third quarter, trailing by just two points heading into the fourth. But Portland started to pull away just before Griffin was injured with under six minutes remaining in the game.
The Blazers turned a four-point lead into a 12-point cushion within a three-minute stretch in the middle of the fourth en route to outscoring the Clippers 32-20 in the fourth.
Portland was an underdog in each of the previous four games in the playoff series and finds itself favored against Los Angeles for the first time since April 1, 2015. The Blazers lost that game 126-122 ...
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