The LA Clippers have played the last five playoff games without star Kawhi Leonard. Game 4 on Saturday night against the Phoenix Suns will be no different.
The team announced Leonard will miss his sixth straight game since suffering a sprained knee in Game 4 in the Clippers' second round series against the Utah Jazz.
“I really don't know,” Ty Lue said of Kawhi Leonard's status before Game 2. “I just get the updates every day that he's out today and I move on from there. I don't question when he's coming back or how long. Just is he playing tomorrow? Is he playing today? No? Okay. Move on.”
"I really don't know. I just get the updates every day that he's out today and I move on from there. I don't question when he's coming back or how long. Just is he playing tomorrow? Is he playing today? No? Okay. Move on."
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Despite being out, Leonard is still communicating with Paul George and his Clippers teammates regularly via text, group chat, and even FaceTime.
“We talk after every game,” Paul George said after Game 3. “The two games in Phoenix, I reached out to him. He'll text me after, the game plan. We'll talk. We'll go over what we see and what we saw that night. And so he's very much a part of this team without being able to play right now. But you know, it's just great to have his mind and his presence part of this game, part of this team. It's great to see him in the locker room. And more so we're just happy that — we just care about his well-being. That's what's most important.
“Whether he can play, whether he can't play, we're just happy for his overall health and his well being. It was just great to see him in the locker room sharing his thoughts once again. A lot of the stuff he said, I went out and was trying to put it into a plan”
Additionally, Clippers forward Marcus Morris Sr., who has been dealing with knee soreness over the last week, has been deemed a game-time decision for Game 4. He, however, was not listed on the Clippers injury report on Friday night.
The Clippers and Suns play Game 4 Saturday night at 6PM PST on ESPN.
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