On April 21, Beijing time, the Clippers officially announced the bad news that Leonard will miss today's G3 vs. Suns due to a sprained right knee. The Clippers' other All-Star George has largely missed the first round due to injury, and now Leonard is down, and Major General Wilson single-core leads the team to host the Suns, and the two sides are currently tied 1-1 on aggregate.
Woj reported that Leonard aggravated his knee injury in G1, and he played the second match with the injury, which is expected to be a daily observation situation before the fourth match between the two sides. The source revealed that although this sprain of the right knee occurred in the same knee where the cruciate ligament was torn before 2021, it was not related to the previous injury.
Leonard performed well in the first two games, shooting 13-of-24 from the field for 38 points, five rebounds and five assists in the first game, and 11-of-20 from the field in the second game, with another 31 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. His absence will undoubtedly have a huge impact on both ends of the Clippers' offensive and defensive ends.
This season, Leonard's attendance rate was not high, playing only 52 regular season games, averaging 23.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, but he shot well, shooting 51.2% from the field, 41.6% from three-point range and 87.1% from the free-throw line. In the 30 games he missed, the Clippers were 11-19, a 36.7 percent win rate.
George posted training photos with the text: "What I won't do is stop. "At the moment, he is also in the run-off due to injury.
The Kapepper combination is unable to fight, and the burden will undoubtedly fall on Wei Shao. In the G1 game, Wei Shao shot 3 of 19, scored 9 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, and helped the Clippers win with defense. In the G2 game, Wei Shao rebounded offensively, scoring 28 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, and the Clippers lost to the Suns by 14 points. Wei Shao has blocked Durant's performance in two games, and in the G3 game, can he lead the remaining Clippers to withstand the Suns' attack? Some reporters have already ridiculed Wei Shao for scoring 60 points tonight. After a previous absence of the Peppers, Wilson hit a season-high 36 points and the Clippers won 141-132.
Clippers reporter Tomer Azarly posted statistics: 75.2% of the teams that won the first game in the 7-4 series, and 72.8% of the teams that won the third game after a 1-1 draw became the winner of the series. In the absence of the Peppers, the Clippers had an offensive efficiency of 106 and an effective shooting percentage of 47.2%, both at the bottom.