Durability has always been the knock on Leonard. He hasn't played in 70 games in a single season since the 2016-17 campaign, and with the Clippers, he has totaled 266 contests in six seasons, including the 2021-22 season he missed due to injury.

Kawhi Leonard finishes with 26 points and James Harden scores 28 points as the Clippers defeat the Denver Nuggets 111-105 in Game 6 to tie the series 3-3.

That ineptitude continued on Saturday when the Clippers got run out of Ball Arena by the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series, 120-101. As a result, one has to wonder if