Clippers’ Leonard to miss marquee clash with Bucks

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 02:08:26 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will sit out a marquee clash with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday as his team continues to manage his workload in view of a knee injury.

KAWHI LEONARD (AP)

On the NBA’s official injury report the reason for Leonard’s absence is ”injury/illness, load management (knee)”, and the NBA spoke up to say the move was indeed in line with its guidelines.

League spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement that Leonard ”is not a healthy player under the league’s resting policy”, adding that the league office had consulted with the team and was ”comfortable” with his absence.

The league prohibits teams from resting healthy players for high-profile nationally televised games, with a fine of $100,000 possible.

Leonard is expected to play on Thursday when the Clippers host Portland in another nationally televised
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