The Clippers' Kawhi Leonard missed Thursday night's Game 3 loss to the Suns because of a right knee sprain, an injury that head coach Ty Lue called 'very deflating.'
, we wouldn't have. But after the game, things didn't get better. They got worse. So we will rule him out and kind of take it day by day."
But Lue said he learned of Leonard's knee injury on Wednesday night and was informed before the team's Thursday morning shootaround that he would not have Leonard available.
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