Kawhi Leonard on minutes restriction: 'I'm taking my time'
Kawhi Leonard is in no rush to break free of the minutes restriction he’s been playing under since making his season debut recently. “I’m taking my time,” the Los Angeles Clippers superstar said. “I done that in the past and it led me on the bench, so I’m good where I’m at.” Leonard had six points on 3-for-9 shooting and five rebounds in 21 minutes of his third game, a 109-98 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night. He didn’t play in the fourth quarter of a game in which the Clippers trailed by 13 early. “Happy we got the win,” he said. “Good team win.” The Clippers are 21-17 and sixth in the West. “I’m just playing really and trying to do my job to help the team win,” Leonard said.Source: Associated Press What’s the buzz on Twitter? Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Tyronn Lue said that going small and letting Kawhi Leonard guard Kevin Love for a stretch “activated” Leonard’s defense tonight vs Heat pic.x.com/t5uQTC8luO – 2:11 AM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Kawhi Leonard describes the last few days while saying that “everyone is not okay” pic.x.com/vzh7nUQegD – 1:45 AM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Clippers ran that run out to 11-0 run before Rozier bucket cuts new Clippers led to 62-61 with 6:00 left in 3rd quarter Tyronn Lue calls timeout as Kawhi Leonard is at 20:44. If same protocol, Leonard’s night ends with 6 points on 3/9 FGs. – 11:59 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Back-to-back Harden buckets induce a Spo timeout… Spo has done a great job using his stoppages to maintain control of this game, we’ll see if that continues Heat lead Clippers 59-56 with 7:48 left in 3rd quarter Kawhi Leonard is at 18:56. It’s been a hard 20 min. restriction – 11:54 PM Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds Kawhi Leonard vs. the Heat … — Leonard’s teams have won 14 consecutive regular-season games when he plays against Miami — Add playoffs, and Leonard’s teams have won 16 consecutive games when he plays against Miami He has not played in a loss to Miami since 2014. Unreal. – 11:34 PM Janis Carr @janiscarr Clippers trail 28-18 with 3:27 left in the first. Kawhi is on the bench. – 10:57 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Game 3 Kawhi pic.x.com/Z57dc1HCRp – 8:57 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Tonight Clippers will start James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Kawhi Leonard (minute restriction), Ivica Zubac vs Miami Heat – 8:51 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Looking ahead this week — I would not be surprised if Clippers held Kawhi Leonard out Wednesday vs Nets to have him ready to go Thursday at Portland on the second night of a back-to-back. More @TheAthletic on LA Clippers return to play and needing Ws nytimes.com/athletic/60489… – 7:16 PM Janis Carr @janiscarr Clippers are injury free heading into Mondays game against Miami. Kawhi is available and expected to play. – 8:52 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU The LA Clippers report that Cam Christie, Trentyn Flowers, Kobe Brown, Kai Jones, and PJ Tucker are out Monday night vs Miami Heat. None are injured. As mentioned Friday night, Kawhi Leonard is no longer on personal leave after missing Wednesday night at Denver. – 8:31 PM Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne Kawhi Leonard left the team before its game in Denver to be with family who were threatened by the Palisades Fire. He was at practice on Sunday. Both Nico Batum and Terance Mann said they believed he and his family were doing OK. “I know Kawhi had left the team for that game to – 4:36 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Kawhi in practice pic.x.com/x4Tvthkceo – 2:59 PM More on this storyline “He’s just working his way into conditioning-wise, playing-wise, flow of the game, like all of the above,” James Harden said. “He hadn’t had a training camp, preseason, none of that, so for us it’s just trying to make his job a lot easier.” The Clippers provided few and typically vague updates on Leonard’s progress over the early part of the season, when he didn’t speak to media. “Kawhi is one of the best players in the league,” center Ivica Zubac said. “When he gets his legs under him and rhythm, he’s going to be really good.” -via Associated Press / January 14, 2025 Ramona Shelburne: Kawhi Leonard left the team before its game in Denver to be with family who were threatened by the Palisades Fire. He was at practice on Sunday. Both Nico Batum and Terance Mann said they believed he and his family were doing OK. “I know Kawhi had left the team for that game to check on his situation, but we didn’t really hear from him,” Mann said. “So it’s good to see that him and his family are doing good.” -via Twitter @ramonashelburne / January 12, 2025 Luka Doncic won’t be in the lineup for the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon against the Denver Nuggets, which is no surprise since he’s sidelined with a left calf strain for at least the next two weeks. It marks Doncic’s 17th missed game of the
Kawhi Leonard is in no rush to break free of the minutes restriction he’s been playing under since making his season debut recently. “I’m taking my time,” the Los Angeles Clippers superstar said. “I done that in the past and it led me on the bench, so I’m good where I’m at.” Leonard had six points on 3-for-9 shooting and five rebounds in 21 minutes of his third game, a 109-98 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night. He didn’t play in the fourth quarter of a game in which the Clippers trailed by 13 early. “Happy we got the win,” he said. “Good team win.” The Clippers are 21-17 and sixth in the West. “I’m just playing really and trying to do my job to help the team win,” Leonard said.
Source: Associated Press
Source: Associated Press
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Tyronn Lue said that going small and letting Kawhi Leonard guard Kevin Love for a stretch “activated” Leonard’s defense tonight vs Heat pic.x.com/t5uQTC8luO – 2:11 AM
Tyronn Lue said that going small and letting Kawhi Leonard guard Kevin Love for a stretch “activated” Leonard’s defense tonight vs Heat pic.x.com/t5uQTC8luO – 2:11 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Kawhi Leonard describes the last few days while saying that “everyone is not okay” pic.x.com/vzh7nUQegD – 1:45 AM
Kawhi Leonard describes the last few days while saying that “everyone is not okay” pic.x.com/vzh7nUQegD – 1:45 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Clippers ran that run out to 11-0 run before Rozier bucket cuts new Clippers led to 62-61 with 6:00 left in 3rd quarter
Tyronn Lue calls timeout as Kawhi Leonard is at 20:44. If same protocol, Leonard’s night ends with 6 points on 3/9 FGs. – 11:59 PM
Clippers ran that run out to 11-0 run before Rozier bucket cuts new Clippers led to 62-61 with 6:00 left in 3rd quarter
Tyronn Lue calls timeout as Kawhi Leonard is at 20:44. If same protocol, Leonard’s night ends with 6 points on 3/9 FGs. – 11:59 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Back-to-back Harden buckets induce a Spo timeout… Spo has done a great job using his stoppages to maintain control of this game, we’ll see if that continues
Heat lead Clippers 59-56 with 7:48 left in 3rd quarter
Kawhi Leonard is at 18:56. It’s been a hard 20 min. restriction – 11:54 PM
Back-to-back Harden buckets induce a Spo timeout… Spo has done a great job using his stoppages to maintain control of this game, we’ll see if that continues
Heat lead Clippers 59-56 with 7:48 left in 3rd quarter
Kawhi Leonard is at 18:56. It’s been a hard 20 min. restriction – 11:54 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Kawhi Leonard vs. the Heat …
— Leonard’s teams have won 14 consecutive regular-season games when he plays against Miami
— Add playoffs, and Leonard’s teams have won 16 consecutive games when he plays against Miami
He has not played in a loss to Miami since 2014.
Unreal. – 11:34 PM
Kawhi Leonard vs. the Heat …
— Leonard’s teams have won 14 consecutive regular-season games when he plays against Miami
— Add playoffs, and Leonard’s teams have won 16 consecutive games when he plays against Miami
He has not played in a loss to Miami since 2014.
Unreal. – 11:34 PM
Janis Carr @janiscarr
Clippers trail 28-18 with 3:27 left in the first. Kawhi is on the bench. – 10:57 PM
Clippers trail 28-18 with 3:27 left in the first. Kawhi is on the bench. – 10:57 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Tonight Clippers will start James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Kawhi Leonard (minute restriction), Ivica Zubac vs Miami Heat – 8:51 PM
Tonight Clippers will start James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Kawhi Leonard (minute restriction), Ivica Zubac vs Miami Heat – 8:51 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Looking ahead this week — I would not be surprised if Clippers held Kawhi Leonard out Wednesday vs Nets to have him ready to go Thursday at Portland on the second night of a back-to-back.
More @TheAthletic on LA Clippers return to play and needing Ws
nytimes.com/athletic/60489… – 7:16 PM
Looking ahead this week — I would not be surprised if Clippers held Kawhi Leonard out Wednesday vs Nets to have him ready to go Thursday at Portland on the second night of a back-to-back.
More @TheAthletic on LA Clippers return to play and needing Ws
nytimes.com/athletic/60489… – 7:16 PM
Janis Carr @janiscarr
Clippers are injury free heading into Mondays game against Miami. Kawhi is available and expected to play. – 8:52 PM
Clippers are injury free heading into Mondays game against Miami. Kawhi is available and expected to play. – 8:52 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
The LA Clippers report that Cam Christie, Trentyn Flowers, Kobe Brown, Kai Jones, and PJ Tucker are out Monday night vs Miami Heat. None are injured.
As mentioned Friday night, Kawhi Leonard is no longer on personal leave after missing Wednesday night at Denver. – 8:31 PM
The LA Clippers report that Cam Christie, Trentyn Flowers, Kobe Brown, Kai Jones, and PJ Tucker are out Monday night vs Miami Heat. None are injured.
As mentioned Friday night, Kawhi Leonard is no longer on personal leave after missing Wednesday night at Denver. – 8:31 PM
Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne
Kawhi Leonard left the team before its game in Denver to be with family who were threatened by the Palisades Fire. He was at practice on Sunday. Both Nico Batum and Terance Mann said they believed he and his family were doing OK. “I know Kawhi had left the team for that game to – 4:36 PM
Kawhi Leonard left the team before its game in Denver to be with family who were threatened by the Palisades Fire. He was at practice on Sunday. Both Nico Batum and Terance Mann said they believed he and his family were doing OK. “I know Kawhi had left the team for that game to – 4:36 PM
More on this storyline
“He’s just working his way into conditioning-wise, playing-wise, flow of the game, like all of the above,” James Harden said. “He hadn’t had a training camp, preseason, none of that, so for us it’s just trying to make his job a lot easier.” The Clippers provided few and typically vague updates on Leonard’s progress over the early part of the season, when he didn’t speak to media. “Kawhi is one of the best players in the league,” center Ivica Zubac said. “When he gets his legs under him and rhythm, he’s going to be really good.” -via Associated Press / January 14, 2025
Ramona Shelburne: Kawhi Leonard left the team before its game in Denver to be with family who were threatened by the Palisades Fire. He was at practice on Sunday. Both Nico Batum and Terance Mann said they believed he and his family were doing OK. “I know Kawhi had left the team for that game to check on his situation, but we didn’t really hear from him,” Mann said. “So it’s good to see that him and his family are doing good.” -via Twitter @ramonashelburne / January 12, 2025
Luka Doncic won’t be in the lineup for the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon against the Denver Nuggets, which is no surprise since he’s sidelined with a left calf strain for at least the next two weeks. It marks Doncic’s 17th missed game of the season, which ends his streak of five consecutive appearances on an All-NBA first team and makes him ineligible for the MVP award. Doncic joins a growing list of stars who will not meet the NBA’s 65-game requirement for awards, including Kawhi Leonard, Joel Embiid, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero and Chet Holmgren. “I think that’s just part of the nature right now with the way the rules are set up,” said Mavericks coach Jason Kidd. “When you have a severe injury, it can knock you out of that, but we know that he’s one of the best players. He’s always mentioned as an MVP candidate.” -via Dallas Morning News / January 12, 2025
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