<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/giannis-5.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Bucks star Giannis Antetokounnmpo embarrasses Clippers’ Serge Ibaka twice in 1 minute</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-28T14:37:54-08:00">February 28th, 2:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-28T14:38:56-08:00">February 28th, 2:38pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sunday night featured a marquee matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Clippers. As expected, the reigning MVP and Defensive Player of the Year stepped it up when the lights were the brightest, as Giannis Antetokounmpo reminded Clippers big man Serge Ibaka that defending him is never going to be an easy task.</p><p>Giannis went at it with Ibaka in a series of plays during the third quarter, which unfortunately for Ibaka, did not end too well for him.</p><p>First off, Giannis took on Ibaka in the post. The Bucks superstar forcefully backed Ibaka down before showcasing his tremendous footwork to leave Serge in the dust (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1366146798243385344">ClutchPoints</a> on Twitter):</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giannis showing off the footwork and throws it down 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/YwitYjohTp" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/YwitYjohTp</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1366146798243385344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Barely a minute later, Giannis took it strong to the whole, and as fate would have it, it was Ibaka who ended up on the wrong end of a (semi) poster jam:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giannis around Ibaka again and throws it down 💪🏽🔥 <a href="https://t.co/5uZX1pDSBY" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/5uZX1pDSBY</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1366148259484368897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The added bonus on the play for Antetokounmpo is Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard’s attempt to provide some help defense, which ended up being a futile effort from the former Finals MVP.</p><p>Antetokounmpo was clearly feeling himself on the evening, and he’ll be hoping that the Bucks are able to carve out a key win here against the mighty Clippers after what has been a rather <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-in-the-midst-of-historically-bad-5-game-losing-streak/">horrible February</a> for Milwaukee.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Bucks star Giannis Antetokounnmpo embarrasses Clippers’ Serge Ibaka twice in 1 minute

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Clippers-news-Serge-Ibaka-fires-back-at-reporter-over-fashion-comments-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Clippers’ Serge Ibaka fires back at reporter over fashion comments, reveals Kawhi Leonard’s advice</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-15T06:46:45-08:00">February 15th, 6:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-15T06:47:57-08:00">February 15th, 6:47am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>If there’s one guy on the Los Angeles Clippers who knows fashion, it’s Serge Ibaka. And if you’re talking to Ibaka about fashion, you better refer to it as “art.”</p><p>The Clippers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night, 128-111, thanks to a big game from Ibaka. The Congolese-Spanish big man finished with a season-high 21 points and a career-high six assists to go along with his nine rebounds and two blocked shots. After the game, Serge Ibaka met with members of the media for the third time all season and the first time since late December.</p><p>Ibaka is well-known around the NBA for his outlandish outfits, which often include hats and scarves. Despite there being no crowd, Sunday night was no different. But why does Serge Ibaka still go all-out dressing up despite there being no fans and a good portion of Los Angeles still shut down?</p><p>“I don’t dress, sir,” Ibaka <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1361219425001607171" rel="noopener">quickly responded</a>. “I do art.”</p><p>“So yeah, I just love doing art, that’s one of my favorite parts of looking good because I like to create and as you’re seeing now I got my hat and I got a scarf and I just turn it into a mask at the same time. I just love to create. That’s my mindset of art. Because art is about creativity, so that’s what I’m doing right now.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I don't dress, sir. I do art. So yeah, I just love doing art. I like to create. I got my hat, I got my scarf, but it turns into a mask at the same time… That's the mindset of art. Art is about creativity."</p><p>Serge Ibaka when asked about how he dresses and his style. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Clippers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Clippers</a> <a href="https://t.co/mSikH1HK61" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/mSikH1HK61</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1361219425001607171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>I took it upon myself to ask Ibaka, who is good friends with Kawhi Leonard, whether Leonard actually takes his advice on “art.”</p><p>“Art? No!” Ibaka <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1361220110845837312" rel="noopener">said</a>. “He says, ‘I don’t do art.’ He says my style is more European style. I ask him, ‘What is different? What is European style?’ He says, ‘Your style is European style.’ So yeah, he thinks my style is more European style than just doing art.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“He says I don’t do art. He says my style is more European style. I asked him, 'what's the European style?' He says, 'your style is European style.' He thinks my style is more European style than doing art."</p><p>Serge Ibaka on giving Kawhi Leonard art advice. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Clippers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Clippers</a> <a href="https://t.co/1ebIra4gaS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/1ebIra4gaS</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1361220110845837312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Ibaka and the Clippers won their second game of the season without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. They also beat the Miami Heat a few weeks ago and lost to the Atlanta Hawks when both of their stars were out. While it only has been three total games, Ibaka says the team is able to learn the most from these opportunities.</p><p>“To know how good you are is when your best players are out,” Serge Ibaka claimed after the win. “That is how you know how good you are. I have been in situations before and the year we won with the Raptors, and Kawhi was out for some time of the season, we were playing so good. That is how we know that we are a good team. I think this is a good test for us too, especially right now. Kawhi and PG, they are out, it’s a good opportunity for us to see where we are as a team.”</p><p>The next test for the Clippers comes Monday night when the Miami Heat come to town. This time, they’ll have All-Star Jimmy Butler back in the lineup. Paul George will not play, but Kawhi Leonard’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-out-vs-cavs-with-leg-injury/" rel="noopener">status has yet to be determined.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Serge Ibaka fires back at reporter over fashion comments, reveals Kawhi Leonard’s advice

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Raptors-rumors-Marc-Gasol-resentment-led-to-Serge-Ibaka-split-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Marc Gasol resentment led to Serge Ibaka split with Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-06T12:09:30-08:00">January 6th, 12:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-06T12:12:21-08:00">January 6th, 12:12pm</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors tried to keep both Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol this offseason, which might actually explain whey they lost both frontcourt players in free agency.</p><p><a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/ujiri-webster-misses-years-led-raptors-struggles-see-now/">Michael Grange of Sportsnet</a> reports Ibaka had interest in returning to Toronto even with the knowledge he would likely have to accept a one-year deal.</p><p>However, the Raptors lowballed Ibaka with their offers, in part because they still wanted to save space to re-sign Gasol. According to Grange, the desire to also retain Gasol bothered Ibaka:</p><blockquote>But the Raptors’ first offer – about $12 million for the 2020-21 season – was below what he was expecting and while Toronto came up to $14 million, they were still trying to keep some powder dry to pursue Gasol. That didn’t go over well with Ibaka who, according to multiple sources, resented having to play behind the Spanish international and wasn’t going to sign on for a shared role again. Ibaka quickly pivoted to the Los Angeles Clippers and their two-year deal for $19 million.</blockquote><p>Both Gasol and Ibaka had tremendous importance to the franchise in the last two years, but Toronto might have been better off simply focusing on re-signing Ibaka.</p><p>Gasol, to his credit, is one of the best passing bigs in basketball. He can also space the floor and still plays stellar defense, even if he’s not quite at Defensive Player of the Year levels anymore. But his offensive upside is limited in comparison to Ibaka, who averaged a career-high 15.4 points per game last year and also shot 38.5 percent from beyond the arc.</p><p>Considering the Raptors <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2021.html" rel="noopener">currently rank 29th out of 30 teams</a> in terms of offensive rating, Ibaka would have provided much-needed frontcourt scoring, particularly with Pascal Siakam struggling to start the season.</p><p>Instead, the Raptors were punished for trying to spread the wealth around.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Marc Gasol resentment led to Serge Ibaka split with Raptors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kawhi-leonard-Ty-Lue-Serge-Ibaka-Clippers.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Ty Lue shuts down Kawhi Leonard’s Serge Ibaka trade request</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-05T21:04:29-08:00">January 5th, 9:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-05T21:04:59-08:00">January 5th, 9:04pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Almost two weeks after suffering the mouth laceration at the hands of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/clippers/" rel="noopener">LA Clippers</a> teammate <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/serge-ibaka/" rel="noopener">Serge Ibaka</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/kawhi-leonard/" rel="noopener">Kawhi Leonard</a> is still wearing the protective mask on his face. Head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/tyronn-lue/">Tyronn Lue</a> says he sees Leonard wearing it for the foreseeable future.</p><p>Since returning from the injury, Leonard’s struggled shooting at just 36.8 percent from the field and 72.7 percent from the free throw line. On a number of occasions, both Lue and Leonard admit the forward is having a hard time adjusting and breathing through the unique mask, but is playing through it.</p><p>In Leonard’s first availability since suffering the injury on Christmas Day, he joked that the team is looking to trade Serge Ibaka.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Serge can’t talk too much. We got him on the trading block right now. Whoever wants him, let us know.”</p><p>Kawhi Leonard says Serge Ibaka is on the trade block after injuring him 🤣<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Clippers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Clippers</a> <a href="https://t.co/01Qf0Swddr" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/01Qf0Swddr</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1344523895475343361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>A few days later, head coach Ty Lue was jokingly informed of Leonard’s comments during his media availability and quickly denied it over a laugh.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“That’s off the table. Somebody told me about it today, that’s pretty funny.”</p><p>Ty Lue says a Serge Ibaka Clippers trade is off the table, despite Kawhi Leonard’s recent comments 😂 <a href="https://t.co/OdxvVVWSAx" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/OdxvVVWSAx</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1345168176854695937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 2, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are off to a 5-2 start to the 2020-21 season. They’ve had to deal with a number of injuries, including Leonard’s mouth laceration, Marcus Morris’ sore knee, and lately, Paul George’s <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1346644943138263042" rel="noopener">ankle sprain</a>.</p><p>For the season, Leonard has gotten off to a bit of a slow start, averaging 22 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.2 blocks per game on a career-low 40.2 percent shooting from the field and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ty Lue shuts down Kawhi Leonard’s Serge Ibaka trade request

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/630AM-Clippers-news-Paul-George-Serge-Ibakas-new-nickname-for-masked-Kawhi-Leonard-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Paul George, Serge Ibaka’s new name for masked Clippers star Kawhi Leonard</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-12-31T06:27:17-08:00">December 31st, 6:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-12-31T06:27:17-08:00">December 31st, 6:27am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul George, Serge Ibaka, and the Los Angeles Clippers got their two-time NBA Finals MVP back in action on Wednesday night. Kawhi Leonard returned from a two-game absence due to a mouth laceration and led the Clippers to a home win over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers.</p><p>Leonard scored 28 points on an efficient 9-of-17 shooting from the field. His entire 30 minutes on the court, however, were spent donning a new mask to protect his face from any hits to the mouth area.</p><p>Apparently, the new nickname that George, Ibaka, and the Clippers have for Leonard is “Leatherface.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Serge can’t talk too much. We got him on the trading block right now. Whoever wants him, let us know.”</p><p>Kawhi Leonard says Serge Ibaka is on the trade block after injuring him 🤣<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Clippers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Clippers</a> <a href="https://t.co/01Qf0Swddr" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/01Qf0Swddr</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1344523895475343361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-kawhi-leonards-updated-status-after-bloody-mouth-laceration-8-stitches/" rel="noopener">Per the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard was diagnosed with a mouth laceration</a> during the team’s Christmas Day matchup with the Denver Nuggets. The injury, which was caused when Leonard and Serge Ibaka <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1342711481402499073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1342711481402499073%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D958855action%3Dedit" rel="noopener">attempted to grab an offensive rebound</a>, required eight stitches on the inside of Leonard’s mouth to close.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This had to hurt…</p><p>Kawhi Leonard takes a nasty elbow to the mouth from Clippers teammate Serge Ibaka. 😱<a href="https://t.co/Did2RcMEox" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Did2RcMEox</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1342711481402499073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Leonard expects to wear the mask for the foreseeable future, allowing the wound to heal up and for the stitches to be removed. He does, however, add that he hopes the team can create a different, more comfortable mask for him as well.</p><p>“Just where the injury is, it’s a little difficult,” the Clippers star added after the game. “Some guys have cheek fractures or they break their nose, and mine is really like trying to protect the stitches from getting hit and ripped, so it’s a different scenario. You know, you’re trying to protect the lips and my jaw and my cheek. You know, it’s hard to do and that’s what I’m saying, it’s kind of hard to breathe, cuz you can’t really expose my mouth so much, you have to bring it out and put a hole in. But there’s a whole process to it. You know, we’re still trying to work on something better, but it worked out pretty well tonight. I might have to get a mouthpiece or something.”</p><p>After a 2-1 home stand, the Clippers depart for a two-game road trip in Utah and Phoenix against the Jazz and Suns, respectively. Both teams are playing well and are expected to be playoff teams, so Leonard, George, and the Clippers will surely have their hands full.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George, Serge Ibaka’s new name for masked Clippers star Kawhi Leonard

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