Norman Powell scored 42 points but it wasn't enough as the short-handed Clippers fell to the Phoenix Suns, 129-124, in Game 3 of their NBA first-round playoff series.
Leonard sprained his right knee late in the team’s series-opening victory against the Suns on Saturday and played 39 minutes in a loss two days later but when “things didn’t get better, they got worse,” president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said, the team sidelined him.
Coach Tyronn Lue learned Leonard had aggravated the knee Wednesday evening, but said he did not know Leonard would be sidelined until shortly before the team’s shootaround Thursday morning, about 10 hours before tipoff. All-Star wing Paul George “continues to work his butt off and make progress daily” from his right knee sprain suffered in late March, Frank said, but remains out without a timetable to return.
Without Leonard, too, they would need contributions from everyone to survive Game 3, let alone the rest of the series. But with Leonard and George watching from the sideline, the Clippers scored six consecutive points, allowed the Suns a dozen straight, only to respond with a 14-2 run.
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