Playa Vista, California. – The LA Clippers He’ll have to wait before he’s full again as the sixth man Norman Powell Was out due to a shoulder injury.
Will not be able to play his sixth straight game against Powell on Saturday Orlando Magic March 2 at Golden State due to a left shoulder subluxation injury.
Head coach Ty Lue said Powell was not ready to practice with the team on Friday.
“He’s going to be out for a while,” Lew said. “…he’s out.”
Powell has been a key player for the team off the bench, averaging 16.6 points and shooting 41% from 3. The Clippers have 12 games left in the season and are starting to find a rhythm with the new players they acquired in February. Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon And mason plumlee Everyone is starting to feel comfortable with their roles and minutes.
Lue was asked if he had any concerns about trying to re-engage Powell when he’s been playing some of the best late-season basketball with the team.
“We always have concerns because that’s a big part of what Norm has done all year,” Lew said. “When a player is out for so long and then you go on a streak and you’re playing good basketball, you’re always worried about it. But he sees how we’re playing.”
“We’ve been playing the right way and he’s been great for us all year, and so that shouldn’t be the case – getting him back in won’t be difficult. Just keeping him healthy is the most important thing, and that’s just what we want to make sure.” to do that he gets enough games so that it’s not like last year when he had to come back for those last two play-in games – he had no rhythm … and so it was really unfair to him so Hopefully we can get him back soon.”