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...
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.
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,...
Leonard missed the last eight games of the regular season and Game 1
Kawhi Leonard rusty in Game 2 return for Clippers. Not surprisingly, Kawhi
The All-Star forward missed the final eight games of the regular season and Sunday’s Game 1 victory over Dallas with inflammation in his surgically repaired knee.
The All-Star forward missed the final eight games of the regular season and Sunday’s Game 1 victory over Dallas with inflammation in his surgically repaired knee.
The All-Star forward missed the final eight games of the regular season and Sunday’s Game 1 victory over Dallas with inflammation in his surgically repaired knee.
Kawhi Leonard will return to the lineup for Game 2 of the Clippers'
They finally are whole, the return of Kawhi Leonard from right knee inflammation that kept the Clippers’ best player out for 23 days making them complete. But for the Clippers to defeat the Dallas Mavericks again in the Western Conference playoff series, Leonard was going to need his teammates to carry most of the weight until he gets his game and condition back to the high level he’s accustomed to having. They could not. As a group, the Clippers could not shoot straight, their inability to make...
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...
Leonard has been dealing with knee inflammation and was questionable prior