Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard will miss “upcoming games” with a sprained ankle
The Los Angeles Clippers, losers of four straight games and 5 of 6, will be without Kawhi Leonard for a few more games because of a sprained ankle, coach Tyronn Lue said Saturday before the Clippers bowed out and dropped their fourth straight game to the Suns.
“He will miss the next few games, but nothing serious, and we will evaluate from there,” Lue said, vincluding Justin Russo at Substack.
Leonard has already missed the Clippers’ last three games. Lue’s assessment is somewhat vague, but welcome in modern NBA injury reporting (the discussion on this e the league’s gambling challenges that’s a topic for another day). Leonard played just 37 games last season due to injuries and has topped the 65-game mark just once in the last nine seasons (two years ago, when he was a second-team All-Star and All-NBA player, he still makes that impact when healthy).
Leonard is averaging 24.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game this season, but the Clippers are still outscored by 10.7 points per 100 possessions when he’s on the court (which is more about the Clippers’ struggles than Leonard himself).
The Clippers are at home Monday (Hawks) and Wednesday (Nuggets) — games Leonard will apparently miss — before going on the road for seven straight games in two weeks (one of those games is against the Lakers).
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