7:10 p.m.: The Clippers have officially excluded Leonard for Game 1, tweeted Andrew Greif of The Los Angeles Times. 5:00 p.m.: The right knee injury that forced Clippers striker Kawhi Leonard to miss the last two games will also keep him away from Sunday’s Western Conference finals, Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes tweeted. Leonard won’t travel to Phoenix and will choose to stay in Los Angeles and get knee treatment. There is still no update on his status for Game 2 or the rest of the series. He hasn’t played since he injured his knee in the middle of the fourth quarter of Game 4 against the Jazz. There are concerns that it could be an ACL injury, but the team is still officially calling it a sprain. Leonard excelled in the playoffs before being sidelined. He averaged 32.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists in the first round against the Mavericks and then scored a 27.3 / 7.5 / 4.0 line in four games against Utah.
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