{"id":412164,"date":"2026-04-26T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/412164\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:57:08","slug":"two-stars-questionable-to-play-in-rockets-game-4-vs-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/412164\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Stars Questionable to Play in Rockets&#8217; Game 4 vs. Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">The Houston Rockets are set to take on the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, hoping to avoid a first-round sweep.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">Days ago, the Rockets were the favorites to beat an undermanned Lakers team and advance to the second round. A few collapses later, and they&#8217;re staring down the barrell of a sweep. Something that would likely create an interesting offseason for both front office and players. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">While few expect the Rockets to fully come back and punch their ticket to Round 2, which has never happened in the history of 0-3 deficits, at least one win in the series would quell some of the concerns flying around.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Here are the injury reports for both the Rockets and Lakers ahead of Game 4:<\/p>\n<p>Houston Rockets injuries:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Steven Adams \u2014 Out: Left ankle surgery<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">Kevin Durant \u2014 Questionable: Left ankle sprain<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">Fred VanVleet \u2014 Out: Right knee ACL repair<\/p>\n<p>LA Lakers injuries:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">Luka Doncic \u2014 Out: Left hamstring strain<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Austin Reaves \u2014 Questionable: Left oblique muscle strain<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">The Rockets continue to list three players in total, with mainstays in Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams continuing to be out for the season, with the team\u2019s superstar in Durant listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7h\">After a healthy season that saw Durant play in 79 of 82 games, he\u2019s seen bizarre injury luck in the postseason. He missed Game 1 with a knee contusion picked up in the week of practice before, then fought back to play in Game 2, where he picked up an ankle injury. He missed Game 3, and is now up in the air for Game 4.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">Per an update from ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin from Amen Thompson, things aren\u2019t any clearer as gamey has wore on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">\u201cTo be honest with you, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Thompson said of how Durant is feeling.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">\u201cWhether that means [Durant has been doing all his rehab away from the team, or the team hasn\u2019t necessarily been checking in on him, that\u2019s another dynamic to look for as we head toward tipoff,\u201d McMenamin added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">David McMenamin says Kevin Durant\u2019s teammates have no idea what\u2019s going on with him, raising questions about whether KD is rehabbing away from the team and whether his teammates have been checking on him \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA__Courtside?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NBA__Courtside<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsLVFXdPNS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IsLVFXdPNS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/2048453387184640422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">The Lakers continue to see lesser injury luck as well, with superstar Luka Doncic continuing to be out with a hamstring strain. A star guard in Austin Reaves has apparently been progressing well, having nearly played Game 3, and is likely to play tonight per earlier reporting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">The Rockets and Lakers tip off in the late slot at 8:30 p.m. CT from Toyota Center in Houston, TX.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Rockets are set to take on the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, hoping to avoid a first-round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-412164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}