The LA Clippers won't get star reserve Montrezl Harrell back for their final seeding game.
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00:00The LA Clippers are just days away from beating the postseason.
00:03Before they begin their run they need to play one final seeding game on Friday night against
00:08Oklahoma City Thunder.
00:09Coming into tonight's contest the hope was the Clippers would have Montrezl Harrell back
00:12in the lineup, the star reserve, and six-man of the year finalist return to the bubble
00:17over the weekend.
00:18It looked though he could suit up against Thunder this Friday but that likely won't
00:22be the case.
00:23The Clippers announced on Thursday that Harrell will miss Friday's game as he still hasn't
00:28joined the team and finished up with his quarantine period.
00:31Additionally Patrick Beverley and Landry Shandman will sit out due to injury as well.
00:35Now the game is essentially meaningless, LA is already locked into a first-round matchup
00:39with the Dallas Mavericks as the Thunder are with the Houston Rockets as well.
00:43However it is as important as ever the Clippers get Harrell refs.
00:46He still hasn't made his double debut after missing all three scrimmage games and all
00:49eight seeding games if he does in fact miss tonight and is the third leading scorer on
00:54the team with 18.6 points per game this season which is a career high.
00:58Now there's always a chance that his status could be upgraded ahead of tonight's contest
01:02but as it stands fans should prepare to wait another few days to see Harrell back on the
01:06court until they begin their postseason run on Monday.
01:09As for Beverley and Shandman, look for their absences to extend into the postseason as
01:12well.
01:13Coach Doc Rivers clarified that while neither injuries are severe, the team is exercising
01:17extreme caution in bringing them back.
01:20Rivers and Thunder will take the floor on Friday, August 14th at 6.30pm Eastern Time.