LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers share a commonality of scar tissue that never seems to go away and at a moment’s notice will flare up and send all types of bad memories from the not-too-distant past.
For the Suns, it’s their recent postseason failures. It’s much more complicated for the Clippers, putting together perfect visions with imperfect parts that always seem to go flat at inopportune times.
Kawhi Leonard was in street clothes for Game 3 of the first-round series Thursday.