While the team has been playing better basketball overall, the Clippers' recent surge can be attributed to the stellar play of star forward Kawhi Leonard. In the 12 games heading into Wednesday night's win, "The Klaw" was averaging 32.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 2.6 steals in 34.8 minutes per game.

The LA Clippers got off to a horrid start to the 2025-26 season, and they’ve been through plenty of drama already, too. NBA fans pretty much wrote off the Clippers early on as non-factors in the Western Conference.

Since spraining his ankle against the Knicks last week, Kawhi Leonard has been getting listed as questionable. He has managed to play in all three games since, but hasn't gone abo

The Clippers' Kawhi Leonard is on the injury report after sustaining an ankle injury and is questionable to play against the Nets.

Kawhi Leonard, on career-high-tying 22nd consecutive 20-point game: “It’s not even about scoring. I’ll trade these to be the top-seeded team. … Playing these games and not really sitting a lot of 4th quarters or nobody else really taking over, that’s what you see in most cases.” pic.twitter.com/jU45UJDvkz

After Monday's win over the Hornets, Leonard provided the latest on his ankle in the most Kawhi fashion. When asked about how his ankle is feeling by The Athletic's Law Murray, the star forward responded, "good, good. I was able to play tonight. It's good."

Kawhi Leonard anotó 33 puntos y James Harden agregó 22 a la causa de los Clippers de Los Ángeles, quienes extendieron a cuatro su seguidilla de victorias al doblegar el miércoles 119-105 a los Wizards de Washington.