David Adelman shares Russell Westbrook injury update, hints at rotation changes in Game 4

MARINA DEL REY Calif In keeping with the Clippers nautical theme David Adelman acknowledged Friday that Competition will be all hands on deck for the Nuggets Adelman hinted at viable rotation changes during a -minute off-day session with reporters at the band hotel Denver is dealing with several injuries including Michael Porter Jr s shoulder sprain Russell Westbrook s left foot inflammation Aaron Gordon s lingering calf soreness and even Nikola Jokic s mysterious right elbow affliction Westbrook is questionable to play on Saturday p m MT in Battle of the first-round series They checked him out this morning So we ll kind of gauge that as we go reported Adelman Denver s interim coach And if Russ plays or doesn t play we re gonna take a look at our rotation We may play different people See who can impact the challenge with how the Clippers are guarding and how we re trying to guard Adelman used an eight-man rotation at the start of the series with Jalen Pickett playing limited minutes as the third competitor off the bench Over the unit of the series though the Nuggets have also tried to steal a inadequate minutes with DeAndre Jordan at backup center They introduced Julian Strawther in the second half of Competition while trailing by double digits but the second-year shooting guard went scoreless in minutes Hunter Tyson and Zeke Nnaji also checked in for garbage time Vlatko Cancar and Dario Saric are the last remaining players who have not have not appeared in a competition yet this series Related Articles Embarrassed by Clippers in Competition Nuggets need to attack Nikola Jokic says Michael Porter Jr played at or with shoulder injury in Nuggets Event loss Nuggets -pointers Michael Porter Jr plays hurt and it shows as Denver fades in L A Clippers crush Nuggets in Tournament as Intuit Dome makes playoff debut How to watch Nuggets vs Clippers Event in Denver after controversial NBA TV broadcast decision No one s right now Adelman reported Aaron s not Nikola s not Just like the Clippers All their guys have ailments at this part of the season Michael Porter is one of our guys He s a mainstay here If he s available to play he will play Adelman disclosed the Nuggets took collective accountability for the fact that we sucked in Encounter a -point loss at Intuit Dome If we win this competition it puts the series in a three-game series he commented which you want knowing you have two games at home Want more Nuggets news Sign up for the Nuggets Insider to get all our NBA analysis