Leonard in the regular season! Injured again!

Tylen Lue faced questions from reporters at the pre-game press conference and announced calmly: "Kawhi Kawhi will miss a few games due to an ankle injury."

When asked about the severity of the injury, he simply added lightly: "It's an ankle sprain." There was no detailed explanation and no return timetable.

This is the third consecutive game that Leonard has missed due to ankle problems.

In a recent game against the Heat, he sprained his foot and fell to the ground while defending. Although he insisted on finishing the game, he had to take the exemption card in the end.

So far this season, the Clippers have only achieved a record of 3 wins and 6 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Western Conference, with only one more victory than the bottom Pelicans.

In the most recent game against the Suns, the Clippers suffered a 103-114 defeat and suffered a four-game losing streak.

Harden fought hard for 40 minutes, but only scored 13 points in the game, with a plus-minus value as low as -18, the lowest in the team.

In the 6 games Leonard has played this season, he has averaged 24.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, with a three-point shooting percentage of 50%+40%+96%. Judging from the surface data, he is still efficient.

But deeper data reveals a cruel fact: when he is on the court, the Clippers lose their opponents by 10.7 points per 100 possessions; when he is not on the court, the Clippers can beat their opponents by 21.4 points per 100 possessions.

Since Leonard joined the Clippers, he has missed 209 games, with a truce rate of 43%.

This means that he spent nearly half of his Clippers career sitting on the sidelines in casual clothes.

Before the start of this season, Kawhi said he could play back-to-back games, but reality dealt a heavy blow to the Clippers.

This cycle of "giving people hope and disappointing people" is wearing away the patience of fans and management.

In the latest ability value update of NBA 2K, although Leonard still ranks first in the Clippers with 92 points, it has dropped by 2 points from before.

Harden followed with 89 points, and Zubac ranked third with 87 points. Collins dropped 1 point to 81 points, Lopez dropped 2 points to 78 points, Bill dropped 3 points to 77 points, and Paul also dropped 2 points to 76 points.

In particular, the four veterans Bill, Paul, Da Luo and Bogdan were nicknamed the "Four Elders" by fans, but their collective performance was abnormal.

Bill made only 2 of 14 shots in a game against the Suns. Paul averaged only 5 points and 4 assists per game, and his turnovers even exceeded assists.

Leonard and the Clippers also face another potential crisis-the yin and yang contract.

According to media reports, Xiaoka signed a four-year, $28 million endorsement contract with a company called Aspiration, but he does not seem to need to provide any actual services.

The most important thing is that the Clippers also reached a US$300 million cooperation agreement with the company.

Once verified, the Clippers may face huge fines, be deprived of draft picks, and even Leonard may become a free agent.

What worries Clippers fans the most is that the team’s 2025 first-round pick is in the hands of the Thunder.

Alexander, who is unwanted by the Clippers and currently the core of the Thunder, has scored at least 20 points in 80 consecutive games, ranking third in history. The Thunder currently ranks first in the Western Conference with 9 wins and 1 loss.

Perhaps the real problem for the Clippers is not just injuries.

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