Thu Jan 16 06:00:00 UTC 2025: ## Clippers and Blazers to Face Off Short-Handed
**Portland, OR** – The Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers will tip off Thursday night at 7:00 PM Pacific Time, but both teams will be significantly weakened by injuries and illnesses.
The Blazers will be without forwards Jerami Grant (face contusion) and Matisse Thybulle (right ankle sprain), and center Donovan Clingan (left ankle sprain). Forward Deni Avdija (right ankle sprain) and center Robert Williams III (illness) are both listed as doubtful.
For the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard will sit out the game as part of a planned rest following a back-to-back. While his minute restriction has been relaxed for other games, he will not play in Portland.
The absences of key players promise to make Thursday’s game a potentially unpredictable matchup.
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