The Clippers are in the middle of the most arduous part of their season, playing six games in nine days — a stretch that threatens to push them to their limits.Making matters worse, injuries are proving difficult to avoid.
The Chicago Bulls are visiting the Los Angeles Clippers for their first meeting this season. The Bulls are coming off the heels of a loss in Portland last night
As a result, numerous players will be shifted around lineups due to injury management. One of those players is Kawhi Leonard. The LA Clippers revealed that Leonard will not be playing against the Celtics on Wednesday night due to right knee injury management.
Kawhi Leonard will sit out the LA Clippers’ game against the Chicago Bulls on Monday. His absence comes as the Clippers face a back-to-back schedule, having played against their cross-town rivals, the LA Lakers, on Sunday. Leonard, who recently returned from a lengthy injury-related absence, has not yet been cleared to play on consecutive nights.
Kawhi Leonard returns to action looking like his old self, and as his minutes rise, the Clippers' chances look better and better.
The Los Angeles Clippers rule Kawhi Leonard out, with James Harden's injury status uncertain ahead of their matchup vs. the Boston Celtics.
For the past few seasons, the LA Clippers and Boston Celtics have produced some of the most fun matchups in the NBA. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case so much
Kawhi Leonard had one of his best games since returning from a knee injury, scoring 19 points in limited minutes during the Clippers' win over the Lakers.
Los Angeles Clippers starting center Ivica Zubac will be out against the Chicago Bulls after sustaining an eye-injury in their previous game.
Clippers are holding Kawhi Leonard out on front end of back-to-back tomorrow vs Celtics, and Ivica Zubac (eye) also is not ready to return. All of James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris
With Kawhi Leonard and Ivica Zubac unavailable, the Clippers can’t keep up with Zach LaVine (35 points) and Chicago after halftime and lose for the first time in five games, 112-99.
Zach LaVine scored 35 points and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 112-99 to snap a five-game skid.