“But it was good to see him be around and communicate with us on the bench. “He probably was playing his best basketball in a while, probably the best in the world honestly. “I just feel sorry for him,” Westbrook said. But, it wasn’t enough as Phoenix came away with a 129-124 victory, taking back control of the series. Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell did their best to keep up, scoring 30 and 42 points respectively. The two combined to shoot 26-of-44 from the field, 4-of-10 on 3-pointers and 17-of-18 from the foul line. Devin Booker and Kevin Durant both scored at will, scoring 45 and 28 points respectively. Without him and George, two elite defenders, the Suns had their way offensively.
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So we will rule him out and kind of take it day by day.” But after the game, things didn’t get better. “Obviously, if we weren’t comfortable with playing, we wouldn’t have.
“Symptoms got worse after Game 2,” president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said before Game 3. He played through it in Game 2, but the pain was too much to overcome to get on the court for Game 3. Leonard’s injury reportedly was a re-aggravation suffered in Game 1. NBA NEWS & PLAYOFFS: Kawhi Leonard & Los Angeles Clippers Updates Then you have something like this happen. “I think more so for Kawhi, because you have a guy who’s coming off ACL, hasn’t missed a rehab session, eats right, eats clean, does everything he can for his body, works extremely hard to get to this point. “It’s very deflating,” Lue said after the Clippers’ loss on Thursday.
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