Although today's playoffs are exciting, there are really many injuries, Alphabet Brother, Hiro, Morant and other players have missed their previous teams' games, and Hiro will miss at least a month, almost announcing playoff reimbursement.
In addition to these people, there have been injuries again in recent games, Leonard because of the knee twisted in the game with the Suns G2, G3 failed to play, the Clippers and the Suns' G3 Clippers played well overall, Wei Shao and Powell both broke out, but in the face of the hot Booker, the Clippers had no choice but to lose.
After losing G3, the Clippers were in a 1-2 adversity, and when Leonard returned became the key to whether the Clippers could come back against the Suns, but Leonard's knee injury didn't look so ideal. Earlier today, the Clippers officially announced that Leonard was confirmed to be absent from G4 due to a knee injury.
This is really a thunderbolt for the Clippers, who relied on the explosive seeds of Wei Shao and Powell to wrestle with the Suns until the last moment, but Wei Shao and Powell are not particularly stable players now, and the next game may be a disaster.
For Leonard's injury, the Clippers still look very helpless, Lu revealed today that the team only discovered that Leonard suffered a knee injury the night before the start of G3, and then determined that Leonard could not play before shooting practice on game day. It can be seen that the Clippers still do not know enough about Leonard's injury.
In this year's playoffs, Leonard did play at the level he deserved, averaging 40 minutes per game in 2 games, totaling 70 points, contributing 34.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists, and he shot 54.5% from the field and 60% from three-point range in the playoffs this season, just when people expected Leonard to be a hero again, he fell again.
It is still that point of view, even if you are strong and influential, as a basketball player, if you can't guarantee your health and can't play, it's still for nothing. Aside from confirming his absence from G4, there is no certainty when Leonard will return, and Clippers reporter Esnaashari said the team does not know if Leonard will return in G5.
Many people are still scratching their heads about Leonard's situation, after all, he played too well in the first two games, and he couldn't see the state of fighting with injuries, and suddenly missing two consecutive games, which was really surprising. Well-known commentator A. Smith Yang looked angry when he recently talked about Leonard's injury on the show, "I think this guy should retire, I've really seen enough, his absence is really regular, sometimes it's not even because of injury, because you cut 38 points the day before, walked out of the court without problems, and the next day you slept and said you couldn't play, not even G4, which is really shameful." ”
For the Clippers, the current 1-2 big score and the inability of the dual core to play makes them more passive in the already adversity, and if Leonard is still unable to play in future series, the Clippers may have to account for this season.
In addition to Leonard, there is a star player today who is sure to miss the next game, he is Embiid, Embiid because of the knee twisted in the last game with the Nets did not qualify for the next game, unlike Leonard, we can clearly see which round Embiid was injured, in the third quarter of the G3 game in a defensive Cameron Johnson process, Embiid tangled with Johnson when he landed, twisted to the knee, and then he covered his right knee and looked very painful.
Compared with Leonard's injury, Embiid's situation has reassured the 76ers, his injury site is more clear, after the injury he followed the team to do an MRI, after which it showed that his knee sprained is not much of a problem, and can return as early as next week.
The 76ers are also much more optimistic than the Clippers, who are currently leading 3-0 in the series and have almost one foot in the Eastern Conference semifinals. And this season, during Embiid's absence, the 76ers' record is also guaranteed, and the 76ers have an 11-5 record in the 16 games Embiid has missed in the regular season.
In addition, Embiid's absence from G4 will hardly affect the 76ers' upcoming schedule, and if the 76ers can successfully reach the next round, Embiid will not miss any game in the next round. Comparing the injuries of the two core players of the 76ers and the Clippers, I have to say that the 76ers really have too much to worry about.