Following Los Angeles’ Game 4 win to tie their playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs 2-2, starting small forward Matt Barnes revealed himself to have a shoulder injury, making himself probable for Game 5 on Tuesday.
Unclear when Barnes’ shoulder began to ail him, we may now know why the forward is amidst a poor shooting slump after having the second best three-point shooting regular season of his lengthy season. Having spoke on his end-of-season shooting slump here, those issues have continued in the playoffs, with Barnes shooting 30% from three through the first four games of the series versus San Antonio.