Ty Lue remained optimistic over the Los Angeles Clippers playoff hopes despite being down 3-1 to the Phoenix Suns.

"We beat Utah and won four games in a row. So it's very doable," said Lue following his team's Game 4 loss.

The Clippers are the only team in NBA history to come back down 2-0 in the opening two rounds of the playoffs.

In the conference finals, teams that have a 3-1 lead have gone on to win the best-of-seven series 93% of the time.

Paul George added that he doesn't want Kawhi Leonard, who has missed the last six games due to a knee injury, to play unless he's fully healthy. Leonard is "highly unlikely" to play in Game 5. 

"If he's not 100, we don't want him out there. I mean, that's just as a brother, as a teammate. His health long term is more important than what's going on now. I can't speak on the extent of his injury or, you know, what he [can] and cannot give us. Like I've been saying, his health is just more important than anything else."

Game 5 takes place on Monday night.