Updated as of 4:45 p.m.

TUALATIN - Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with a sprained right middle and ring finger according to the Trail Blazers. Despite the injury, the Blazers point guard is cleared to play in the team's next game on Sunday against the Knicks in New York.

Late in the fourth quarter of the Blazers' win over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, Lillard injured two fingers on his right hand while trying to corral a rebound.

Initial x-rays after the game were negative, but on Friday Lillard went back to the doctor for further tests according to Blazers coach Terry Stotts. Lillard attended the team's video session at the practice facility on Friday morning before going to get his hand examined.

When pressured for further details Stotts repeated: "His hand is being examined."

The team later updated Lillard's status as noted above.

Lillard injured his fingers while diving for a rebound with Indiana's CJ Watson. He immediately grimaced while holding the hand and sitting on the court briefly. Watson was called for a foul and Lillard returned to court to split a pair of free throws after a Blazers timeout.

Lillard remained on the court for the final 23 seconds of the game.

He told The Oregonian after the game that he heard a "pop, pop" when he fell and said his hand hurt pretty bad in the locker room immediately afterwards.

-- Mike Richman | @mikegrich