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HOUSTON -- Rockets forward Kevin Durant and Lakers guard Austin Reaves were downgraded from questionable to out before Friday's Game 3 of their teams' first-round playoff series.
Durant also missed Game 1 because of a bruised right knee. He returned for Game 2 on Tuesday and scored 23 points in 41 minutes of the 101-94 loss that gave the Lakers a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Houston coach Ime Udoka said Durant has been dealing with swelling in his left ankle since tweaking it during a transition play midway through the fourth quarter of Game 2.