Jazz guard Mike Conley ruled out for Game 3 vs. Clippers with hamstring strain
Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley Jr. has been ruled out for Saturday's Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers, the team announced prior to tipoff:
Conley missed the first two games of the series with a hamstring strain. He suffered the injury in the first half of Utah's Game 5 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round.
The 33-year-old averaged 20 points, 10.3 assists and 4.8 rebounds in the first four games of Utah's series against Memphis.
Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Jordan Clarkson have been stellar in Conley's absence. Gobert set a Jazz record in Game 2, becoming the first Utah player since Carlos Boozer in 2010 to record 20 rebounds in a playoff game. Meanwhile, Mitchell scored 37 points and Clarkson added 24 points in the win.
The Jazz lead the series 2-0, and the Clippers will hope to have tied things up in L.A. before heading back to Utah for a potential Game 5.
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