Kawhi Leonard, the standout player for the Clippers, returned to practice on Sunday following a four-game absence due to a bruised left hip, as reported by Broderick Turner of The Los Angeles Times.
Coach Tyronn Lue mentioned that Leonard engaged in the practice session to the fullest extent, yet he refrained from confirming whether Leonard would be available for tonight’s matchup against Miami.
“We’ll see tomorrow,” Lue said. “Yeah, we’ll see how he comes out of this, but he is practicing today.”
The Clippers consistently grapple with concerns about Leonard’s health, making it noteworthy that he played in the team’s initial 27 games before sustaining a hip injury. With Leonard making a return to practice, Coach Lue introduced some fresh elements to the team’s offensive strategies, as reported by Turner.
“With Kawhi back, today is a good time to add a couple of things here and there,” Lue said. “But we do have to extend our package offensively, especially when we get down to the end of the season going into the playoffs. You have to be able to lean on some different things. You just can’t do the same thing every single night.
“And, so, if our pick-and-roll game is not going, we got to be able to do something different. If our post-up game is not going, we got to be able to do something different. If our iso game is not going, we got to be able to do something different. And they understand that. So, now we got to start adding and start getting better offensively.”
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