Seeing Leonard’s mobility ‘was severely restricted’ in Game 3, the team made the call to hold out their star for as long as it takes for him to sufficiently recover from right kne…
The Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic is defended by the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard during the second half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Dallas, Friday, April 26, 2024.
Lawrence Frank, the team’s president of basketball operations, spoke to members of the media before Game 4 of the Clippers’ first-round game against the Dallas Mavericks. The Clippers trail 2-1, having lost both games in which Leonard played after returning from the inflammation that had kept him out since March 31.“Kawhi is out today,” Frank said. “He’s extremely frustrated and disappointed that he’s not playing today; he wants to play.
In January, the Clippers signed Leonard, a Moreno Valley native and former Riverside King High School star who will turn 33 on June 29, Leonard played 68 games this regular season, the most of his Clippers’ tenure, and averaged 23.7 points on 52.5% shooting, to go with 6.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game.Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said the news was heartbreaking for Leonard: “It’s definitely devastating for Kawhi. All the work he’s put in this year and the amount of games he’s played and worked hard to get to this to the place he wants to be in the playoffs.
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