Nicolas Batum was limited to 14 minutes against San Antonio last week due to achilles soreness, then sat out two days later against Memphis. And yet, he was back the next day against New Orleans, and said postgame, “We have so many guys out. So I had to find a way to play through that.”
Despite Batum’s best intentions, he won’t be able to grit through any more games for the Clippers in the foreseeable future. He has entered the NBA health and safety protocols and will be out for at least 10 days, which is surely not the way the Clippers hoped for Batum to get some rest.