PORTLAND -- Kevin Durant is back.
The All-Star forward who missed Games 2 and 3 of the Warriors-Blazers playoff series with a left calf strain was listed as questionable after shootaround but was cleared two hours prior to tipoff for Game 4 Monday night at Moda Center.
The Warriors have a 3-0 series lead and are trying to close out the series against Portland.
Warriors veterans Matt Barnes (right ankle/foot bone bruise) and Shaun Livingston (right index finger sprain and hand contusion), also listed as questionable, will not be available.
Durant participated in shootaround Monday morning but walked out of the arena with an ice pack wrapped around his calf. That's not unusual, and it's done to minimize the possibility of swelling.
Durant scored a team-high 32 points in Game 1 on April 16. He took a blow to his calf late in the third quarter and returned in the fourth but the muscle tightened the following day.
