Kawhi

Two days after the Clippers’ season ended in a first-round postseason loss with stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George injured yet again, their top basketball executive said the team’s future still revolves around the duo and also praised…

Tyronn Lue spoke for the frustration of Clippers Nation in Phoenix on Tuesday night when the coach bemoaned another lost season with his two biggest stars on the bench.“It’s always in the back of your mind … ’What if?’ ” Lue said.Except…

After a first-round playoff loss to Phoenix, the Clippers’ offseason arrived Tuesday night.Here are the questions that will define it:Everything trickles down from one, central question: How much confidence do the Clippers have in…

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard did not participate in practice Monday because he was receiving treatment on the sprained right knee that has sidelined him the last two games of the team’s first-round series against the Phoenix Suns, coach…

The NBA Summer League game was not yet over when Norman Powell walked over to a collection of Clippers executives last July. It was after 9 p.m., a time when many in the city are just beginning their nights. But the 6-foot-2 guard was…

They played huge, outmanned but not outhustled, overrun but never overwhelmed.The Clippers Curse played bigger.They stayed with the heavily favored Phoenix Suns into the final frenzied moments, clinging to within a couple of baskets in the…

By BETH HARRIS - AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard won’t play for the Los Angeles Clippers against the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Thursday night.He…

A sprained right knee will sideline Clippers star Kawhi Leonard for Game 3 of the team’s first-round playoff series Thursday night, and his availability to play later in the series hasn’t been decided as the team awaits reevaluations of…

PHOENIX —  For 36 minutes Sunday, Russell Westbrook struggled mightily to make a shot.By thwarting Phoenix’s last shot, the Clippers’ midseason addition more than made up for it.Amid a three-of-19 shooting night, Westbrook never hesitated…

The last time Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant faced each other in the playoffs, the anticipated showdown during the 2019 NBA Finals lasted all of 11 minutes 57 seconds.Then Durant felt the “pop” as his Achilles’ tendon ruptured. He was 30,…