May 14 (UPI) -- Portland Trail Blazers guard Rodney Hood was cleared to play in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors, the team announced Tuesday.
Hood was injured in the third quarter of the Trail Blazers' Game 7 win Sunday in Denver. He fell awkwardly after Nuggets swingman Torrey Craig set a back screen on him. The screen resulted in a bone bruise in Hood's left knee.