Reggie Jackson scored 24 points, Kawhi Leonard 23 and the Clippers showed they might be the best team in the league in the 113-93 win over the Boston Celtics.
behind a version of Kawhi Leonard that had yet to be seen to this degree through eight previous appearances.To start the season, returning from a season lost to knee surgery, Leonard was limited by rust and an unusual reserve role. Then came knee tightness and a three-week recovery. When he returned, so did an ankle injury. On Monday in Crypto.
“Twenty-eight minutes, 30 minutes is a lot of minutes still,” Leonard said. “Got to just do what I can and win these basketball games.” “We did pretty much everything we wanted to do from a game-plan standpoint,” said George, who scored 26 points on eight-for-22 shooting to help the Clippers hold their own in a must-see matchup of two of the NBA’s top all-around duos, facing Boston’s Brown and Tatum, an MVP favorite.
Since Leonard and George returned from injury one week earlier in Charlotte, they had played nearly all of their minutes together in Lue’s attempt to make up for lost continuity. When one All-Star checked out, the other was typically right behind walking to a courtside chair. Against Boston, Lue changed tactics: When George checked out unusually early in the first quarter, after six minutes, Leonard stayed in another four minutes.
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