Paul George will have to do it again if the Los Angeles Clippers want to make their first conference finals appearance. Kawhi Leonard has already been ruled out for Game 6 of the Clippers’ Western Conference Semifinals series against the Utah Jazz.
Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue relayed that message to reporters one day before his team is set to go for the series-clinching win at home against Utah.
Leonard suffered the injury late in Game 4’s win over the Jazz. Initially, it did not seem to be too serious. However, reports broke ahead of Wednesday’s game that Kawhi Leonard was in fact dealing with a knee injury.
Right now, there’s no further word on the severity of the injury. Lue classified it as a “right knee sprain.” However, there’s concerns from Clipper-land that it’s an ACL injury. Those are three letters no team wants to be mentioned in connection with its star player. Swelling will have to go down before Leonard can receive official word via an MRI.
