Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum is healthy, but he will not play on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Clippers. When the Blazers submitted their lineup sheet, McCollum was listed as inactive, instead of reserve Luis Montero. Coach Terry Stotts signed it without noticing the mistake, according to CSNNW's Jason Quick, and Portland tried to correct the situation, calling it a "clerical error."
"Roughly 20 minutes before tip-off," the Blazers announced that McCollum was active and would be starting, per The Columbian's Erik Gundersen. When the starting lineups were announced, however, guard Allen Crabbe was in his place. CSNNW reported that the Clippers "fought the correction and won," which sounds a little cheap.
McCollum did his normal warmup routine and had his uniform on, ready to play, while Montero was in street clothes. Both went to the locker room at the end of the first quarter, presumably to change.
Early in the second quarter, the Clippers have a 16-point lead over a Portland team that is needlessly without one of its best players.
