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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Lakers guards Steve Blake (left) and Steve Nash sat in Game 3 and will miss Game 4. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lakers will enter what could be the final game of their 2012-13 season without Kobe Bryant and four other key players due to injury.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coach Mike D'Antoni told reporters Saturday that Steve Blake, Steve Nash, Jodie Meeks and Metta World Peace will all sit out Game 4 against the Spurs at the Staples Center on Sunday. San Antonio leads the first-round playoff series 3-0 and will advance to the Western Conference semifinals with a victory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nash (back) and Blake (hamstring) both sat out during a 120-89 Game 3 loss on Friday night. Earlier this week, Nash received two epidural injections in his back and a cortisone injection in his right hip while Nash underwent an ultrasound that revealed a moderate strain of his right hamstring. Meeks sprained his left ankle during Game 1 and did not play in Game 2 or Game 3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;World Peace, who underwent knee surgery in March\u00A0and had fluid drained from his knee earlier this week, finished with 0 points (on o-for-six shooting) and one assist in 17 minutes in Game 3. He will sit Game 4 because of the knee. Bryant, of course, has not been available in the playoffs because of a\u00A0season-ending Achilles injury.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lakers are expected to start Darius Morris, Andrew Goudelock, Earl Clark, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard. Morris had 24 points (on nine-for-15 shooting) and six assists in 37 minutes in Game 3. Goudelock added 20 points \u00A0(on eight-for-17 shooting) in 41 minutes.\nSan Antonio will be without center Tiago Splitter because of a sprained left ankle.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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