Clippers star Kawhi Leonard Played 47 minutes in the Sunday victory against the Golden State Warriors on the last day of the regular season. Leonard explained his feelings on the goals in the Clippers qualifiers before their first round match against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.
Addressing journalists after the match, Leonard was satisfied with his performance in the victory of the Clippers 124-119. He collected 33 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three interceptions on shooting of 13 for 20. He is looking forward to their series against the Nuggets, but he just hopes to have a healthy eliminatory series.
“It was good,” said Leonard, according to Clippers, the journalist beat Joey Linn. “I am happy to have had an excellent organization behind me to allow me to be healthy and know exactly what I had to do. They let me reach out to external sources and combine together and collaborate. It’s not over yet, we always have an eliminatory series to try to win. I want to continue from there, just make good qualifiers and pass a healthy exception and continue.”
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The clippers need victory to avoid falling into the NBA game tournament. They survived a team from Golden State Warriors who had the chance to link the match with less than 30 seconds in overtime, but Draymond Green missed an open lay-up.
Kawhi Leonard and James Harden showed up for the Clippers, proving that they are a black horse at the Western Conference. They have a hard match in the first round against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, but a recent turmoil in the form of the dismissal coach Michael Malone could be useful to the franchise belonging to Steve Ballmer.
The clippers and nuggets had the same 50-32 assessment, with the Lakers, but purple and gold had equality break. The Nuggets then owned the equality break against the Clippers, although they divided their season series with two victories each.
Kawhi Leonard has been looking to have his first healthy playoffs since 2020
The last time Kawhi Leonard had a racing in healthy playoffs was in 2020 inside the NBA bubble. However, they failed to get out of the semi-finals of the West Conference after blowing a 3-1 lead against the Denver Nuggets. His last major playoff race took place in 2019 when he led the Toronto raptors to the championship.
Leonard’s qualifying series in 2021 finished with a partially torn ACL which required surgery. The Clippers made their very first final of the Western Conference, but failed against the Phoenix Suns. The KLAW missed all the 2021-22 season before returning the next campaign.
The Clippers made the playoffs in 2023 and 2024, but he only played two games each year. He torn his meniscus in his right knee in 2023, while inflammation on the same knee prevented him in 2024.
Edited by Juan Paolo David
