Before looking ahead to the marquee showdown with Golden State, they have two important games starting with the Los Angeles Clippers on the road on Monday night as CP3 makes a return to his former team for the first time since departing in the sum  
"I think the biggest thing is they really care about Gordon," Stevens said . "He's made a big impact on them. He's an easy guy to play with. He's a guy you want to play with on both ends of the floor. So certainly you miss that -- and that camaraderie. But one of the tasks that we have now is to pick up steam for him, and guys that get opportunities that [they] may not have [had before Hayward's injury] or guys that get opportunities from a more minutes standpoint need to be ready to take advantage of tho  
Heading into this season, Leonard seemingly had his best shot at securing his first-ever MVP award since Paul George and Carmelo Anthony joined reigning MVP Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City and Chris Paul joined MVP runner-up James Harden in Hous  
"But this is a setback; we're expecting a full recovery," Stevens noted . "And we know there are going to be a lot of tough days ahead on that recovery but, at the same time, hopefully he'll improve day to day. But it's been tough. It's been tough for h  
Having dropped their season opener against the Cavs, the Celtics also lost their home opener to the Bucks on Wednesday to fall to an early 0-2 record. They will have to figure out how to compensate for the loss of their All-Star forw  
Forbes, Paul and Anderson have all shown glimpses of production in their expanded roles with the team. In a win over the Hornets on Friday, Forbes scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting in just 22 minutes. Paul dropped 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting along with five rebounds in 30 minutes in a loss to the Boston Celtics in October 30. Anderson dropped 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three blocks over 26 minutes in a loss against the Golden State Warriors on Novembe  
"Every time a team has to adjust to playing without its main player, others have to step up and gain confidence, and they end up being better players," Ginobili told reporters after shootaround Tuesday morning, per Tom Osborn of mySA.com . "I think it is a great thing for guys like Bryn (Forbes), Brandon (Paul), even Kyle (Anderson), because they are having to be more responsible offensively, have more possessions, make more decisio  
But, he has missed the first 11 games of the season while slowly recovering from an ankle injury. Of course the Spurs have stayed afloat under head coach Gregg Popovic, going 7-4, but they clearly are missing Leonard's talents on both ends of the fl  
"So I think it is going end up being a great thing for the team long term," Ginobili explained . "Short term, we miss him. We need him out there. When he comes back, we are going to have to re-adjust. So it’s going to take a little bit of time. But at this point, it’s making those guys step up and play a bigger ro  
And Pogba, freshly liberated by the arrival of Nemanja Matic, showed his quality in the early weeks of the new campaign. The Frenchman has already collected an impressive two goals and two assists in just four league ga  
Popovich, however, disputed Parker's claims telling reporters that his assessment should be taken under caution, which just seems to add to the uncertainty around the whole situation and again shows that the organization is not willing to share much informat  
The French point guard made his long-awaited return from a torn quad muscle in the team's home win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night and revealed that Leonard is not too far behind having worked out with him recen  
Paul Pogba entered the second season of his Manchester United return with a point to prove.Having been reunited with the Red Devils for a then world record fee of £89 million, the Frenchman embarked on a rather nondescript 2016-17 campaign. Flashes of talent were certainly there but the 24-year-old was far from justifying his weighty price tag.Nevertheless, he did end the season as he meant to start the next - scoring what essentially proved the winner in United's make-or-break Europa League final with A  
The news arrives in a month that has already seen Mourinho fall out with one of his midfielders, namely Ander Herrera. The Spaniard has made just one start in 2017-18, despite collecting the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year Award last sea  
'The Beard' is averaging an incredible 32.3 points per game and ranks fourth in assists with 9.1. He's the leading candidate for the MVP award and looks destined to finally scoop the honour after finishing second on two separate occasions, including last sea  
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