Overview
- The Clippers ruled Leonard out for Thursday's Pelicans rematch with a left ankle sprain, and Darius Garland sat for left toe injury management.
- Los Angeles opened that game with Kris Dunn, Jordan Miller, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins and Brook Lopez in the starting lineup.
- After dropping both games in New Orleans, the Clippers fell to 34-36 and into ninth in the West during a four-game losing streak.
- For Saturday in Dallas, Leonard is listed as questionable, leaving his status to pregame evaluation after scoring 25 points while looking limited in Wednesday's loss.
- Rotation options remain thin with Bennedict Mathurin, Bradley Beal and Yanick Konan Niederhauser sidelined, while Dallas lists Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II out.