Is Kawhi Leonard playing tonight? Latest Clippers vs. Nuggets injury report

The Los Angeles Clippers visit Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Kawhi Leonard is on injury report in addition to Derrick Jones Jr., with one player listed as questionable and another ruled out. Leonard has a left knee contusionwhile Jones Jr. has a sprained right knee and has been out since January 3rd. Here’s everything we know about Kawhi Leonard’s injury and his playing status against the Nuggets.

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Kawhi Leonard’s injury status against the Nuggets

With Kawhi Leonard listed as questionable on the injury report, it’s hard to gauge whether he’ll suit up. After scoring a season-high 55 points in a 112-99 win over the Detroit Pistons, Leonard has scored 33+ points three times since the Dec. 28 win against the Pistons.

Leonard also followed up his 55-point performance with 33s and 45 points in a 131-90 win against the Sacramento Kings and a 118-101 win against the Utah Jazz amid an impressive six-game winning streak from late December to January. Los Angeles then dropped two of four before starting its current seven-game winning streak.

Leonard was on a minutes restriction due to injury in a 112-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. He wasn’t as dominant in Tuesday’s 115-103 win against the Jazz, scoring 21 points on 9-of-18 shooting, but he was damn good for a 34-year-old, averaging 27+ points for the first time since his first season with the Clippers in 2019-20. Leonard is averaging 27.9 points on 49.8% shooting, including 39.7% from deep, 6.2 assists and 2.1 steals per game this season.

For a team most fans left for dead in the basement of the Western Conference standings, Leonard and the Clippers have turned their season around and are just two wins shy of a .500 record — 22-24. However, if the Clippers want to extend their current winning streak against the Nuggets, they will likely have to do so without Kawhi.

As for whether Kawhi Leonard plays tonight against the Nuggets, the answer is maybe.

Clippers injury report

Bradley Beal — Out — Fractured left hip

Bogdan Bogdanović — Out — Treatment of left hamstring injury

Derrick Jones Jr. — Out — Sprained right knee

Kawhi Leonard — Questionable — Left knee contusion