ESPN.com · Dec 24, 2019
Kawhi Leonard: Clippers, Lakers different teams since opener
PLAYA VISTA, Calif. -- It will be 65 days since the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers last faced each other.
And when the two teams take to the Staples Center floor again on Christmas, Kawhi Leonard expects both to look very different than they did on opening night.
"It was just the first game of the season, everybody was just trying to get in their rhythm," Leonard said of the first meeting that the Clippers took 112-102 on Oct. 22. "I think they got [Kyle] Kuzma back playing and now we got Paul [George], so it's gonna be two different teams.
"We've been through a journey till Christmas. It's a different matchup."