Kevin Durant to miss Game 4 against Lakers with ankle injury

6 articles · Updated · ESPN · Apr 26

Durant has been diagnosed with a bone bruise in his sprained left ankle and is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks.
He has undergone around-the-clock treatment but has not been cleared by doctors, participating only in non-basketball team activities this weekend.
Durant sustained the injury during the Rockets' loss to the Lakers on Tuesday and will miss his third postseason game after missing just four regular-season games this year.

Down 0-3 without Durant, do the Rockets have any hope of avoiding a season-ending sweep by the Lakers?

Is Durant's absence the real reason for the Rockets' struggles, or do deeper team issues exist?

With stars injured on both sides, which team's depth will ultimately decide this battered playoff series?

At 37, could this playoff injury spell the end of Kevin Durant’s era as an elite NBA superstar?

How does a bone bruise recovery for a 37-year-old athlete differ from that of a younger player?

Does this outcome prove that building a team around an aging superstar is a flawed championship strategy?