Kawhi Leonard practices with Clippers, but status for Game 1 is unclear
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The Clippers will need a healthy Leonard after two of his teammates, Paul George and James Harden, recently questioned the team’s identity in less than a week’s time.
When George and Harden did, Lue didn’t take kindly to their remarks.
“Yeah, we found it,” Lue said of an identity.
And what is it?
“Win,” Lue responded.
How do you go about winning?
“Play hard,” Lue said. “Play hard every position. Physicality defensively. Offensively, space and play with pace, get into our sets quicker and the last seven out of eight games we’ve shown what we can do.”
Lue was asked if he got that point across to his players after he told the media that their identity at that time was, “We’re soft.”
“What do you think?” Lue responded.
Considering the Clippers won seven of eight games after those comments — the Clippers lost their last three games but they rested players — the answer was yes.
“Thank you,” Lue said, smiling.
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