Russell Westbrook and Paul George helped the Clippers rally, but the team lost 128-127 at Sacramento. There's no timetable yet for Norman Powell's injury.
Clippers guard Norman Powell arrived at Golden 1 Center before Friday night’s tipoff against the Sacramento Kings with his left arm still in a sling, a day after injuring his shoulder while reaching out to stop a would-be Golden State rebounder.
Without a timeout, the Clippers put the ball in George’s hands, but his three-point try missed as time expired, his protest for a foul unheeded. The Clippers dropped to 33-33 on the season, players stalking toward their locker room as the Kings lit a laser atop their arena that signals each win. Powell, who had overcome a difficult shooting start to his first full Clippers season to become a candidate for the NBA’s top reserve by averaging 16.6 points on 41% three-point accuracy, suffered a subluxation of the left shoulder on the play toward the end of Thursday’s third quarter in San Francisco. Powell will undergo treatment, and the team expects to have a clearer picture of his recovery timeline in one week. Sixteen games remain in the Clippers’ regular season.
Powell’s blend of speed, aggressive drives into the paint and instinctual foul-drawing make him a uniquely difficult talent to replace. Powell shot an average of 8.4 free-throw attempts per 100 possessions, the second-highest rate among the team’s main contributors.The prospect of a potentially lengthy absence comes at a time when the Clippers were expected to cut down their rotation in an attempt to create long-sought on-court chemistry.
Needing an offensive spark by any means with Leonard out, especially after George took just four shots in the first half, meant more offensive latitude for Westbrook, and one night after being entirely avoided by Golden State’s defenders produced an unavoidably effective performance.
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