Kawhi Leonard had yet to do on-court work as of Thursday, leaving his
It's still unclear if Leonard will play at any point versus the Mavericks
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was ruled out for Game 1 of Sunday's first-round playoff series against the visiting Dallas Mavericks with inflammation in his right knee. The injury forced Leonard out of the Clippers' final eight regular-season games and continues a trend of knee issues keeping the two-time NBA champion out of recent playoff series. Knee injuries knocked Leonard out of the 2021 and 2023 playoffs, with the Clippers quickly eliminated after his departures. When knee...
Kawhi Leonard eased his way onto the American Airlines Center court Saturday afternoon, his sneakers in hand and a thin white device on his swollen right knee that has left the Clippers’ best player listed as questionable for Game 4 on Sunday. Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations, made his way over and sat next to Leonard for a chat. Leonard bent over to tie his shoes, got up and walked over for a short talk with Clippers coach Tyronn Lue. Leonard then grabbed a...
The final word came down late Sunday morning. The inflammation in Kawhi Leonard’s right knee kept him out of the Clippers’ playoff opener against the Dallas Mavericks. And so Paul George, James Harden and the rest of Clippers coach Tyronn Lue’s group had to press forward without their best player. Harden and George did their parts just enough, but the Clippers still crawled to the finish line, doing enough to build a 29-point third-quarter lead and escape with a 109-97 victory over the...
LA Clippers coach Ty Lue said Kawhi Leonard will be out for Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
Leonard has been dealing with knee inflammation and was questionable prior
Kawhi Leonard hasn't played in a game since March 31 because of
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard remains questionable for Tuesday night's Game 2
The Clippers survived. They survived the absence of their best player. They survived a late-game onslaught by the visitors. They won their postseason opener Sunday, taking down the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series, but they didn’t make a statement or prove a point in a 109-97 victory at Crypto.com Arena. They survived. As well as James Harden played in the first half, as big as Paul George came up in a two-minute stretch midway through the fourth...
Los Angeles Clipper star Kawhi Leonard won't be on the court for Game 1 of their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks.According to Clippers insider Brad Turner from the Los Angeles Times, Leonard is ruled out for Game 1 due to right knee inflammation. Turner shared via X just an hour and a half before tip-off.This will be Leonard's ninth consecutive game missed dating back to March 31 against the Charlotte Hornets on the road. The 32-year-old played 37 minutes and collected 23 points,...
When the LA Clippers released their official injury report for Game 1 vs.