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Suns guard Eric Gordon shoots as Clippers guard Amir Coffey defends in the first half. The Clippers’ injury report listed Kawhi Leonard as out with right knee inflammation, the sixth consecutive game the All-Star forward has missed, which led to Coach Ty Lue being asked whether his best player’s injury could bleed into the playoffs. “No, not at as of …

Clippers guard Bones Hyland and forward P.J. Tucker are skipping Wednesday night’s game at Golden State, but will be back with the team after the All-Star break, according to sources familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told The Times. Hyland, who has played in 19 games, and Tucker, who has played in 12 …

Clippers guard Terance Mann will miss the season-opening game Wednesday after he sprained an ankle during practice on Monday. Days after he was announced as the Clippers’ fifth starter, Terance Mann will miss the season opener after spraining an ankle Monday during practice, the team said. Lue did not express long-term concern over Mann’s availability and said the team, given …

Denver Nuggets forward Hunter Tyson, left, shoots as Clippers guard Bones Hyland defends during the first half of a preseason game on Thursday at Crypto.com Arena. The injury did not allow Hyland to return to add to his 25-point performance against Denver, the team that traded him last February, but with the Clippers’ regular-season opener not until Wednesday, there was …

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Clippers guard Bones Hyland pulls up in the lane for a jump shot over Jazz guard Collin Sexton during a preseason game last week. I just feel like I’m just a hundred percent all the way to myself now.” One star wing, Kawhi Leonard, has labeled Hyland the team’s backup point guard. “Just keep going, star potential and just keep …

Clippers forward Paul George, left, looks to pass around Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope during the first half Sunday. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic drives to the basket between Clippers center Mason Plumlee, left, and forward Kawhi Leonard in the first half Sunday. Nuggets coach Michael Malone heaped praise on Clippers backup center Mason Plumlee, himself a former Nugget, before …

Center Mason Plumlee, forcing Warriors guard Ty Jerome into an awkward shot near the basket, gives the Clippers a rim protector with the reserve players. Plumlee’s presence has dialed down the Clippers’ reliance on smaller, more defensively vulnerable bench combinations while allowing coach Tyronn Lue to resume using three-guard lineups of Gordon, Hyland and Norman Powell, knowing Plumlee’s size can …

For Eric Gordon, Monday’s setting was as familiar as the assignment. In a season in which the championship ambitions hinge on the Clippers’ duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, it’s Gordon’s job — and those of guard Bones Hyland and backup center Mason Plumlee, who also practiced Monday for the first time since their trades here — to help …

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots over Clippers guard Brandon Boston Jr., left, and forward Robert Covington during the first half of the Clippers’ 119-106 loss Friday night at Crypto.com Arena. By 7:30 p.m. on Friday, the fruits of those final hours could be seen on the home team’s bench inside Crypto.com Arena as guards Eric Gordon and Bones Hyland …

Two hours before the Timberwolves hosted the Denver Nuggets, Jordan McLaughlin trotted onto the court to go through his pregame routine. McLaughlin had missed the last 30 games, and 35 of the previous 38, with a strained calf, removing one of the two point guards on the roster and one of the most influential players on the team’s bottom line …