While he was happy to return to the pitch after 15 months without playing, Kawhi Leonard is already back in the infirmary. His right knee, operated on, bothers him, and he knows he won’t play again until next Sunday, at best!
Absent from OKC last week, he did not play at home on Sunday and Monday night, and medical staff said he will remain in treatment while the team travels to Texas to face the Rockets and Spurs.
“He is frustrated” recognizes Tyronn Lue. “He wants to be on the pitch, and not only can he not, but now he can’t make the trips. He wants to go with us, but the doctor told him it was not a good idea right now because of this stiffness in his knee, and seen what he went through before. »
Tonight, Kawhi Leonard therefore missed his 4th game in a row, and he will therefore miss two more. After 15 days of the regular season, his record is meager: two games, 42 minutes and 25 points scored.
“He is just frustrated with all the work done over the past fifteen months” continues his coach. “To get to this point, and not be able to physically be the way he wants to be… But he’s getting better and better, and that’s the most important thing. »
| Kawhi Leonard | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | SAN | 64 | 24 | 49.3 | 37.6 | 77.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
| 2012-13 | SAN | 58 | 31 | 49.4 | 37.4 | 82.5 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 2013-14 | SAN | 66 | 29 | 52.2 | 37.9 | 80.2 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 2014-15 | SAN | 64 | 32 | 47.9 | 34.9 | 80.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 2015-16 | SAN | 72 | 33 | 50.6 | 44.3 | 87.4 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 21.2 |
| 2016-17 | SAN | 74 | 33 | 48.5 | 38.0 | 88.0 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 25.5 |
| 2017-18 | SAN | 9 | 23 | 46.8 | 31.4 | 81.6 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| 2018-19 | TOR | 60 | 34 | 49.6 | 37.1 | 85.4 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 26.6 |
| 2019-20 | LAKE | 57 | 32 | 47.0 | 37.8 | 88.6 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 27.1 |
| 2020-21 | LAKE | 52 | 34 | 51.2 | 39.8 | 88.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 24.9 |
| 2022-23 | LAKE | 2 | 21 | 44.4 | 16.7 | 88.9 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| Total | 578 | 31 | 49.3 | 38.4 | 85.8 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 19.2 | |
