When the Clippers announced that Kawhi Leonard was “out indefinitely” at the start of the 2024-25 season, the expectation was for the team to plummet to the bottom of the Western Conference standings.
Instead, Norman Powell (career-high 23.5 points) and James Harden (22.5 points, 8.3 assists) have more than kept the Clippers afloat, guiding the team to a 15-12 record through the first 27 games.
And now, with Leonard on the verge of a comeback, the Clippers seem poised to challenge for one of the top-four seeds in the West.
Leonard participated in full five-on-five scrimmages on Wednesday and will travel with the team for its upcoming three-game road slate in Dallas and Memphis. While he won’t play in any of the three games (Thursday, Saturday, Monday), “The Klaw” will be on the road with the squad for the first time this season after previously only gracing the Clippers bench during home games at Intuit Dome.
