MADRID -- The only thing left to settle for the European club season before the summer is the Champions League, and much like the Europa League final, it's an all-English affair in Madrid as Liverpool take on Tottenham. Who will begin their holidays with a trophy and who will spend the offseason wondering what could have been?

Here is what you need to know ahead of Saturday's game, which kicks off at 3 p.m. ET (8 p.m. BST) and is set to be played in hot temperatures.

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BACKSTORY: Liverpool arrive with the greater pedigree. They've won the European Cup five times; only Milan and Real Madrid have more. They reached the final only last season, when they were beaten by Real Madrid in Kiev, Ukraine, and they finished this season a single point off the pace in the Premier League behind Manchester City.

Contrast this with Tottenham. Only Michel Vorm, their third-choice goalkeeper, was even born the most recent time they were in a European final of any kind: the 1984 UEFA Cup final. That was also the most recent time they went beyond the quarterfinals in Europe. Spurs finished fourth in the Premier League and lost 2-1 both times they faced Liverpool this season, though the second clash, at Anfield, was a particularly tight, hard-fought affair that could have gone either way.

CARDIAC COMEBACKS, LIVERPOOL EDITION: If it wasn't for a dramatic victory over Napoli in their final group-stage game in December -- which saw them advance thanks to a tiebreaker -- Liverpool's Champions League quest would have ended before the knockout rounds. Plus, they pulled off the most dramatic of turnarounds at Anfield in the semifinal against Barcelona, winning 4-0 to wipe out a 3-0 first leg defeat.

CARDIAC COMEBACKS, TOTTENHAM EDITION: Tottenham were also headed out of the competition in December until Lucas Moura's goal, with five minutes to go away to Barcelona at the Camp Nou, in the final group game. Even then they only advanced thanks to the tiebreaker as well. Moura, of course, would prove decisive again in the semifinal second-leg comeback against Ajax, notching a hat trick including that buzzer-beater of a winner in injury time. Oh, and in the quarterfinal against heavily favored Manchester City, a dramatic Fernando Llorente deflected goal with minutes to go saw Spurs advance in a seesaw match.

NO SILVERWARE, NO PROBLEM: Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino famously said that trophies "build egos" but league finishes and year-on-year improvement build clubs. While Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp hasn't quite gone that far, he too is living proof that a manager's popularity rests on far more than delivering silverware. Both are immensely loved by their fan bases, yet Pochettino has never won a trophy in his managerial career and Klopp's last major title was in 2012, when he led Borussia Dortmund to the Bundesliga title. His record in finals isn't great, either, having lost six of seven.

Obviously, that will change for one of these two men Saturday ...

TACTICAL CONTRAST: Both managers believe in pressing, directness, high lines and speedy forwards, but Pochettino has been, often by necessity, the more pragmatic and shape-shifting of the two. Where Liverpool's lineup has been relatively settled for much of the season, Tottenham have been hammered by injuries at various stages. As a result, Pochettino has played a variety of lineups and schemes, and going into this game, it's hard to predict how Tottenham will take the field.

WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOLLOWING A DEFEAT, LIVERPOOL: They will be dealt a crushing psychological blow and folks start to murmur that, for all his touchy-feely, cult-of-personality schtick, maybe Klopp really does have issues in getting a team over the line. To miss out on the Premier League by one point and then to fail in Madrid after losing in last season's Champions League final, ending another season empty-handed ... it's a grim thought the players and fans will not want to entertain.

WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOLLOWING A DEFEAT, TOTTENHAM: Given Liverpool are huge favorites, a loss for Spurs wouldn't be a big deal. But there's intrigue here, too. Pochettino says he's taken Tottenham as far as he possibly can and demands further investment in the side in the summer. If it doesn't come -- and, in fact, contract malcontents Christian Eriksen and Toby Alderweireld leave -- Pochettino resigns, too. Not the best way to end a season filled with so much hope.

CENTER-FORWARD CONUNDRUM, LIVERPOOL: Roberto Firmino is an atypical central striker whose contribution is less about goals and more about his movement, passing and work off the ball. He is invaluable to Liverpool's system but suffered muscular injuries late in the season. Klopp says he's fit for the final, but you wonder how a layoff of nearly six weeks since his most recent start is going to affect him.

CENTER-FORWARD CONUNDRUM, TOTTENHAM: Spurs born and bred, Tottenham fans sing that their captain, Harry Kane, is "one of their own." He undoubtedly is, and what's more, he's one of the best center-forwards in the world, having scored 90 goals in the past three years in all competitions. While it appears he's fit again, his most recent appearance for the club was way back on April 9, so rust is bound to be a factor.

Kane's return also poses a dilemma for Pochettino: Does he leave out either Son Heung-Min or Moura, who were heroic in getting Spurs this far, or does he try to cram all three into his starting XI? On paper, it's a risky thing to do ... then again, he's done it five times in the Premier League this season. And each time, Spurs have won.

STAR MAN, LIVERPOOL: Mohamed Salah took Liverpool by storm last season, when he scored 44 goals after joining from Roma, and many expected him to regress to the mean this season. But while his numbers are down (he has 26 this campaign), he's still a constant scoring threat.

STAR MAN, TOTTENHAM: Christian Eriksen is the sort of player soccer connoisseurs love. Neither particularly quick nor athletic, he's hugely clever in finding space and unlocking opposition defenses and is always a threat from long range.

WHERE THE GAME WILL BE WON OR LOST: Both teams love to exploit the flanks, and Liverpool in particular have devastating fullback-winger combinations in Andy Robertson with Sadio Mane on the left and Trent Alexander-Arnold with Salah on the right. How Pochettino defends them will be key since both his full-backs (Kieran Trippier and Danny Rose) are more attack-minded. He might resort to a back three or, more likely, demand more work off the ball from his wide attacking players.

(Side note: Keep your eye on Robertson -- arguably the best crosser of the ball, he could place the ball on a dime in the most dangerous of attacking positions.)

X FACTOR, LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's style means that Virgil Van Dijk is often asked to do a lot of open-field defending. He's one of the best center-backs in the world, and how well he marshals the back four will have a huge impact; so too will the threat he poses at the other end on set pieces.

X FACTOR, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Son has scored more key goals than you can shake a stick at this season, and his combination of strength, tactical nous and energy makes him both a nuisance (for opponents when in possession) and a threat to run behind (when opponents lose possession).

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LIVERPOOL WILL WIN BECAUSE ... They simply have more top-to-bottom quality in the lineup, and two key Spurs players are returning from injury (not just Kane but Harry Winks, too). Many of the matchups favor them in different areas of the pitch, particularly out wide. What's more, they have a distinct edge in dead-ball situations -- their goal difference in the Premier League in this department was plus-15, to Spurs' plus-5 -- and that can be decisive in a one-off match.

TOTTENHAM WILL WIN BECAUSE ... Pochettino knows how to be pragmatic, and in a final, the old standby of soaking up pressure and hitting on the counter works well. There's also more pressure on the opposition, and Pochettino is a master at spinning the underdog tale to motivate his players.

PREDICTION: Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham

There's a reason why these two clubs were separated by 26 points in the Premier League this season. Liverpool have more of an edge to them this season -- witness Robertson tackling Lionel Messi at Anfield -- and Klopp has more tactical Plan B options, like Xherdan Shaqiri off the bench or Gini Wijnaldum ghosting into the front three, than he did last season.

West Indies allrounder Andre Russell is confident he will be fit for the side's second World Cup match against Australia on June 6, despite limping heavily after his match-turning spell in the thumping seven-wicket win over Pakistan.

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Russell has a history of knee injuries and bowled just three overs in West Indies' opening match but his spell was the stunning blow from which Pakistan never recovered. A barrage of short-pitched deliveries earned Russell figures of 2 for 4 and he was not required to bat as his side cruised to victory.

But after the match Russell was hobbling gingerly, his left knee clearly hampering his movement. The West Indies medical team now have five days to work on his rehabilitation.

"I've been playing for years with these knee injuries," Russell said after the match. "And sometimes it feels worse than some days but, at the end of the day, I'm a professional. I know what to do to get back. I think I have five days before the next game so that is more than enough time to get my knee back to normal and get it settled.

"Let's just see what happens. I have a good physio team, massage team, here so they're going to be working with me closely for the next couple of days."

This was Russell's third ODI appearance since the 2015 World Cup. He has mostly bowled in short spells at various T20 competitions around his one-year anti-doping ban and, on the evidence of this match, he will need careful management throughout the tournament. But while he was included in the squad primarily for his batting, Russell desperately wants to contribute as a bowler.

"Well that's the plan," Russell said. "I want to make sure that my knee is 100 percent or if it's not 100, 80 percent. I'm still ready to bowl. I'm ready, this is the World Cup. So I don't mind resting for a month or two months after the World Cup but I want to leave everything here for the World Cup."

There were also concerns when Chris Gayle called for the physio after appearing to injure his back pulling a short ball from Wahab Riaz. He limped initially and held his back, but went onto bring up a 33-ball half-century before falling to Mohammad Amir.

"He sent the physio back off the field so that's a positive sign for us," captain Jason Holder said. "So again, we've got five days. So we'll see how he goes the next couple of days."

Andre Russell's spell broke Pakistan's back, and that was the "turning point" of the match, according to Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Pakistan sank to an embarrassing defeat in their World Cup 2019 opener, shot out for 105 in 21.4 overs, with West Indies chasing down the target in just 13.4 overs.

"Pressure was built when we lost our first wicket in the fourth over," Sarfaraz said. "His [Russell's] spell was the turning point. He took two wickets and that put us on the back foot [immediately]."

Russell got Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail inside the first ten overs, in a spell that read 3-1-4-2. That sparked a collapse which Oshane Thomas completed with 4 for 27. Chris Gayle then led the way as West Indies hammered the target in about an hour's worth of play. Sarfaraz said his players needed to erase the debacle from their minds and start afresh for the rest of the tournament.

"First ten overs we lost too many wickets, and that's why we could not come back into the game," Sarfaraz said, while disagreeing with the view that Pakistan's batsmen were not ready for the West Indies strategy of targetting them with aggressive, short-pitched bowling.

"We were aware of the West Indies fast bowlers, and that they bowl 90-plus [mph]," he said. "We had practised a lot [against that kind of bowling]. It is just that in the first ten overs, our shot selection was not good and we lost wickets. If we had managed to survive that phase then probably the situation could have been different."

Asked whether the batsmen were asked to adopt a different approach to their natural game after Pakistan lost the toss in overcast conditions, Sarfaraz reluctantly agreed. "In the first 90 minutes in England, in overcast conditions, it helps the bowling," he said. "The behaviour of the pitch in Nottingham was slightly different today. Usually the ball comes nicely on to the bat on the Nottingham pitch, but if you noticed today in the latter half of the match, the ball was gripping the surface. The first two wickets were soft: Imam was caught behind on the legside and unfortunately Fakhar got out after the ball hit his helmet and then rolled onto the stumps.

"We have to play good cricket. In overcast conditions where you bat first, we have to try and not lose early wickets. Then we can play better."

While acknowledging that the dressing room was disappointed with the defeat, Sarfaraz said that with eight games still remaining for his team, they had plenty of opportunities to put up better performances. "It was just a bad day for us today. And we did not play good cricket. Once we lost our first three wickets we could not come back into this game. Inshallah we will make a comeback."

Wahab Riaz, meanwhile, was adamant Pakistan's batting capitulation to a coordinated short-pitched attack did not represent an ongoing vulnerability that could be exploited throughout their World Cup campaign.

"We didn't play the short ball well but we've seen in past series that we can score runs against that sort of bowling," he said. "If people want to bowl us bouncers, then we will have no problems with that."

Pakistan's next opponents are England, who beat them 4-0 in a five-match series earlier this month. But Wahab, who was called up to the squad after that series, believes it was the fielding, rather than batting, that let Pakistan down.

"We lost that series 4-0 but there wasn't much between the runs we scored, I think the only difference was the fielding, we dropped too many catches at crucial moments," Wahab said. "We've worked a lot on that because we need all departments on form to beat England."

Two years ago, Pakistan lost their opening match against India in the 2017 Champions Trophy and then won every subsequent match on their way to defeating India in the final. They may need a similar turnaround in form to make it to the knockout stages of this tournament.

"It was disappointing to lose to the West Indies but this is just the start, we will comeback from this," Wahab said. "We just need to get into our rhythm. We will have to look at this as a practice match now.

"I think we can take some positives from the way we bowled. We just need to work on our self-confidence and self-belief. We are only looking for positives, we will come back from this.

"It's not a mental issue. We have been losing in the past, we need to find a way to get out of this pattern. We've been playing some good cricket in the last few months but we need to click at the right time. We know where we are making the mistakes and a win against England would change everything."

The ICC has encouraged fans who have not yet received their tickets for World Cup games over the weekend to print them out in advance, as issues with its systems led to the offer of full refunds for those delayed getting into Trent Bridge for West Indies' win over Pakistan on Friday.

Steve Elworthy, the tournament's managing director, said that a combination of late sales and people needing to collect tickets that had not been delivered led to "1600, 1700 people standing in a queue", forcing the ICC to consult with Ticketmaster about offering the facility to print tickets at home.

In the lead-up to the tournament, a number of fans had taken to Twitter to complain about not receiving tickets despite purchasing them up to a year ago. While the ICC has overseen the delivery of more than 700,000 tickets, Elworthy said there had been problems with some getting through.

"What's happened is that we've got these tickets that weren't delivered and then we've also got people wanting to collect at venues from late sales," he said. "So it's 400 or 500 people to collect on a day - which is not unusual at some of the Test match grounds. But you bring four or five people with you that you've got tickets for, suddenly there's like 1600, 1700 people standing in a queue trying to get tickets. So it looks like there's a whole load of people there.

"Obviously we need to fulfil that, so we've got to try and find a way. We had all these people wanting their tickets, reprinting them and handing over the collections and there was just a delay because of the volume of people there to get their tickets. That's the nub of the matter and we're working to resolve that now."

The problems at Trent Bridge were exacerbated by the fact that Pakistan collapsed to 105 all out in 21.4 overs, with the whole match over before the scheduled interval - meaning anyone that was delayed getting into the ground may have ended up missing a significant proportion of the action.

"Anybody whose tickets were printed after half past 10 at the ticket box office, because the delay was there, we're going to refund 100% of their ticket value," Elworthy said.

"The perfect storm was the fact that Pakistan got bowled out for 100. If the score was 200 for 3, these people would be seeing cricket until 6 o'clock. I probably still would have thought about a refund of some sort because they missed some of it, but it might not have been a 100% refund."

Elworthy said that Ticketmaster would allow ticket-holders to log into their accounts and print off tickets for games over the "next couple of days", but he indicated it could be extended throughout the tournament if problems persisted.

In a statement released after the conclusion of the match, the governing body said: "The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup would like to apologise to any fans caught up in queues here at Trent Bridge today. We be offering a full refund to anyone who was impacted by the delays because of the high volume of ticket collections. This will happen automatically based on data from our ticket scanners along with time of ticket issue from the box office.

"We are currently working with Ticketmaster to resolve all outstanding issues and have put in place a number of measures to ensure fans don't suffer this inconvenience at future games. This includes the introduction of a print at home ticket and improved distribution methods at the venues."

West Indies intend to continue their aggressive bowling tactics after Andre Russell's early short-ball barrage sparked a Pakistan collapse at Trent Bridge.

Russell's three-over spell proved crucial, his brutal bouncers claiming the wickets of Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail and exposing Pakistan's middle order early. It was clearly a pre-meditated plan and one that Jason Holder suggests will be repeated throughout the World Cup.

"I think our style was just to be aggressive," Holder said after the match. "We just want to be aggressive with whoever we're playing against. It's just something that we need to do in order to pick up wickets.

"I think with the modern-day game, if you are not picking wickets up throughout the innings you're going to struggle to contain teams. So, we just want to be aggressive even if we give up a few runs up front, trying to get wickets. One of the things we've spoken about in the recent past is just trying to have that mindset to take wickets because if you're not taking wickets you're going to struggle."

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Such was the force of the West Indies pacemen that they scythed through Pakistan's line-up in just 21.4 overs. Sheldon Cottrell performed his wicket-taking salute after a leg-side strangle of Imam-ul-haq, Holder picked up three wickets, and Oshane Thomas picked up 4 for 27 in a memorable World Cup debut.

"Yeah, he's been excellent," Holder said. "The last game he got five wickets and then he comes and follows it up with four wickets here today. It was great to see him running in and bowling fast. That's one thing we ask of him, just to be aggressive in those middle overs, as I said before. He's working out quite nicely for us. It's just a matter for us to be consistent with it, and at times not get carried away with it in terms of overdoing it.

"But yeah, credit to him. He's been outstanding so far, and he's definitely created a buzz throughout the entire team."

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Thomas, though, credited Russell with creating that buzz around the bowlers at Trent Bridge, encouraging the debutant to keep up the short-pitched attack.

"Andre Russell led the way, bowling aggressive and fast," Thomas said. "The Pakistani guys didn't like it. So I just picked up where he left off really - [the rules allow] two short balls every over, so use them."

"The guys were sitting back. Russell was bowling short so I think the short ball - we had a good plan and executed well. It's a good move going forward for us."

West Indies' next opposition - Australia on June 6 - will likely provide a different challenge, their batsmen more accustomed to fast, short-pitched bowling. But Holder will take encouragement from the all-round discipline displayed by his attack.

"Yeah, I was pleased with the discipline," Holder said. "Outside the aggression, we need to be following up on our deliveries and building overs quite nicely. One of the things we always harp on about in the dressing room is what are we bowling outside of the aggressive balls, whether it be a short bowl or if you're going up there for a yorker or whatever it may be, you've got to follow up with some other deliveries. It's just about stacking overs nicely together and building some pressure."

The PCB is hopeful that South Africa will tour Pakistan within the next 12 months.

ESPNcricinfo understands that PCB managing director Wasim Khan recently extended an invitation to CSA. South Africa have not toured Pakistan since 2007 though captain Faf du Plessis led a World XI side to Lahore in September 2017.

It is unclear what format the tour could take, but it seems likely that Pakistan would accept any amount of cricket - perhaps two or three limited-overs games - as part of a longer itinerary that could be completed in the UAE.

Pakistan has hosted little international cricket since the terror attacks of March 2009 upon the Sri Lanka team and its convoy, though that has been steadily increasing. Zimbabwe played T20I and ODI cricket in the country (in May 2015), the World XI played three T20Is (in September 2017), Sri Lanka played a one-off T20I (in October 2017) and West Indies played four T20Is in April 2018 in Karachi. But, on the whole, Pakistan have been obliged to use venues in the UAE as their home from home in recent times.

The number of foreign players visiting the country is steadily increasing, though. With more PSL games taking place in Pakistan, the PCB hope the prospect of playing there is becoming normalised and that it will, in time, lead to increased confidence from international teams.

South Africa, it is understood, have not yet committed to the tour.

The PCB also remain hopeful that England may return to Pakistan in 2022. England are scheduled to play three Tests and five ODIs against Pakistan at the end of that year but have not visited the country since the end of 2005. While it seems most unlikely the entire tour will take place in Pakistan, PCB officials are hopeful that at least two or three ODIs could be held in the country.

The ECB executive are understood to be supportive in principle of the aim of seeing more international cricket return to Pakistan, but their decisions are sure to be governed by the advice of security experts. It is also understood there are, at present, significant reservations from players and their representatives.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles said Friday that he would not have returned to the team so soon after his wife had a miscarriage had she not been OK with him attending organized team activities.

"If my wife needed me at home right now, I'd be at home. That's just me being honest," Foles said. "She's the one who said, 'Go, the team needs you right now.' She knows I'm coming home right away [after practice]. So that's her. It really is as simple as that.

"If she says, 'I need you to stay home,' I'm going to call the team right now and just say I need to be home. The great thing is the team said as long as I need, whatever I need, they understand. They've been wonderful. But at the same time, my wife also knows; she wants me to be here because we're building something right here."

Foles said during an April news conference that the couple were expecting their second child, but Tori Foles announced Wednesday night on Instagram that she had gone into early labor on Sunday morning at only 15 weeks and was hospitalized.

"The emotions go back and forth from immense and overwhelming sadness, confusion and anger to a firm belief that God has this fully in his hands and will use this for good," Tori Foles wrote. "We cannot always understand or explain, but we know that is true."

Foles did not attend the Jaguars' organized team activity Tuesday, but he was back in the building Thursday morning. He said he returns home after practice to be with his wife and daughter. Foles also said his mother-in-law has been in town and his mother is arriving soon, so there's plenty of family around to support his wife when he's at the team facility.

Foles said he's amazed at how his wife, who was a volleyball player at Arizona, has handled the recent tragedy, especially since she's already battling the chronic disease POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome). It's a condition that affects blood circulation and can cause lightheadedness, fainting and a rapid increase in heartbeat.

"She's way stronger than I'll ever be," Foles said. "She's gone through so much, and people don't realize it. ... She was bedridden, hospitals. She battles that every single day.

"We've gone through so much this past couple of years. We're going through this now, but she's so strong. She's unbelievable."

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers have their first major injury of the offseason program: coach Matt LaFleur.

The first-year head coach, who has shown a hands-on approach in practice, tore his Achilles tendon, according to a source.

A source confirmed that LaFleur was injured on the basketball court inside the Packers' headquarters at Lambeau Field, as NFL.com first reported.

LaFleur, 39, will have surgery on Sunday. A source said team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie advised LaFleur to have the tear repaired as soon as possible.

Just this week, LaFleur was seen in an OTA practice lining up at safety during a drill. Earlier this offseason, LaFleur, who played quarterback at Saginaw Valley State, actually grabbed the ball and threw some passes during rookie minicamp.

Afterward, he joked that he "threw some good balls out there, man."

The second-youngest coach in Packers history, LaFleur has an active approach in practice.

"I would say Matt is definitely hands-on," Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said this week. "The whole key is, especially now in the role that he's in, he's still got to be him. That's why he's here. That's why we're all here. We have to be who we are. I think everybody has their role they want to fill and who they think that they are.

"That's why you love Matt. Matt is the same guy I met about five, six years ago. He hasn't changed a bit besides now he's the head coach of the Packers. Every guy is different. Every head coach I've worked with and all the different guys I've been around have had their niche and how they want to do it."

The Packers have two more weeks left in the offseason program. The final OTAs are next week, followed by the mandatory minicamp June 11-13. The players are then off until training camp reporting day on July 24. The first practice is July 25.

TORONTO -- Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant will not play in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, but Andre Iguodala is expected to be available against the Toronto Raptors, coach Steve Kerr said Friday.

Durant, who went through a light individual workout on the court Friday, will continue rehabbing a right calf injury that has kept him out of the lineup since May 8.

"Kevin's not going to play Sunday," Kerr said. "I guess we've been sort of holding out hope, but I might as well just say it now. He's not practicing today. We'll have a practice tomorrow, but he's still progressing. It's near impossible for him to play on Sunday."

After his workout, Durant went through about an hour of treatment on his calf.

"Getting there," he told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.

Durant has been doing individual work since the Warriors touched down in Toronto, but he has not been cleared to participate in full practices. The Warriors continue to take a day-to-day approach regarding his availability, hopeful that he will be able to ramp up his workouts in the next few days.

"The thinking is, when he's ready to play, he'll play," Kerr said. "It's not like this is a sore ankle or his knee is sore, whatever, and you can play through it. This is a tricky one. If you reinjure the calf, then that's it and then he's done for the series. So when he's ready to play, he'll play. That's our approach."

Whenever Durant returns, Kerr does not believe it will be in a limited role.

"I don't see that," Kerr said. "When he's ready to play, we're going to play him. Maybe it will be a minutes issue based on his conditioning for not having played in a month or whatever it is, but we'll just have to wait and see. Once he's ready to play, he'll play. And then [Warriors director of sports medicine and performance] Rick [Celebrini] and I will discuss what a plan would be in terms of how many minutes and all that stuff."

The Warriors got some good news Friday when an MRI on Iguodala's left calf came back clean.

Iguodala, who sat out Game 4 of the Western Conference finals because of the same injury, played 29 minutes and tweaked the calf with 1:55 remaining in the Warriors' 118-109 loss in Game 1 on Thursday. The veteran swingman limped down the floor after coming down awkwardly on his leg, but the Warriors are confident he will be ready for Game 2.

"Andre had an MRI this morning," Kerr said, "and seems to be doing well. ... He said he felt pretty good."

Warriors forward Draymond Green says it has been good for both Durant and the team to have the big forward around again. Durant didn't travel with the Warriors for the final two games of the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers as he continued his rehab at home.

"You can see him inching closer back to the team," Green said. "I think so much has been made of Kevin because of what lies ahead for him -- 'Oh, he's not with the team; he's not around; he's not a part of it.' In December or November or whatever month I was out, I wasn't around the team either. And at times Steph [Curry] was missing; he wasn't around the team either. That's kind of how the cookie crumbles. You're on your own schedule. You're rehabbing. You're doing all these different things to get back.

"So now you kind of see him around the team more. All of a sudden he's on the bus to shootaround or to practice. Once you start to get closer, you start to kind of move back into a normal schedule. You starting to see him, hear his voice more. You're starting to hear him coming up with adjustments even before the game, giving his input. But that's kind of just the natural buildup when you're going through an injury."

Kerr said the decision for Durant to travel was based on the fact that he could get the best treatment that way.

"Our training staff is here," Kerr said. "And we need him with our training staff. And we also need our training staff for the rest of our players. And Kevin also wanted to be with the guys."

The NBA fined the LA Clippers $50,000 on Friday for tampering because of comments head coach Doc Rivers made about Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard earlier this week.

The league did not specify which comments violated the anti-tampering rule.

Rivers compared Leonard to Michael Jordan while breaking down the Raptors' matchup with the Golden State Warriors on ESPN's NBA Finals preview show.

"He is the most like Jordan that we've seen," Rivers said after Magic Johnson, the Lakers' former president of basketball operations, talked about Leonard on Tuesday's preview show. "Like, there's a lot of great players. LeBron [James] is phenomenal. KD [Kevin Durant] is phenomenal. But he is the most like him.

"Big hands. Post game. Can finish. Great leaper. Great defender. In-between game. If you beat him to the spot, bumps you off. Then you add his 3-point shooting. I never get into who's the best player. Magic is the best player, Michael Jordan is the best player, LeBron. But it's that same group."

Leonard will be a free agent this summer.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Rivers "crossed a bright line" when asked what the Clippers coach should do when he appears on a show that would require his analysis of other teams' players.

"I would just say Doc has been at this for a long time," Silver said in a video posted by the Boston Globe on Friday. "It's not a fun part of my job ever fining anyone. And I understand the interest of the media in hearing a coach's view about a current NBA player, but it's something where there's a bright line in this league and you're not allowed to do it.

"And head coaches or team executives in those positions, you just say, 'I'm not permitted by the league to respond to that question.' And it's a balance of interest. I understand that. But he unfortunately crossed a bright line."

The Clippers could have $54 million in cap space to pursue free agents this summer, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks. Leonard, who is originally from the Los Angeles area, will be among the Clippers' top targets.

Johnson drew a warning from the NBA after a 2017 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in which he made tongue-in-cheek, wink-wink-type remarks about Paul George and the Lakers. The Lakers were later fined $500,000 after an NBA investigation for tampering with George and another $50,000 when Johnson later praised Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo.