‘Starting all over again.’ Clippers finally able to practice at full

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Nicolas Batum, as passionate a fan of France’s national soccer team as there is, said he tried recovering from Les Bleus’ World Cup final defeat by spending Sunday walking around Disneyland with his family.
When he arrived for practice Tuesday morning after a rare two-day break amid the Clippers’ jam-packed schedule, the 34-year-old wing saw something that could only have brightened his mood.
Everyone on the Clippers’ walking wounded roster was set to practice.
That includes point guard Reggie Jackson, who had been bothered by an Achilles tendon; wing Paul George and his once-sore left knee; backup guard Norman Powell, whose groin injury had sidelined him since Nov. 29; and center Ivica Zubac, who suffered a bone bruise in a knee last week.
It was believed to be the first time in eight weeks, since the regular season began, that the Clippers practiced at full strength, because both practices opportunities and a healthy roster have been extremely rare. The obvious and, to this point, unanswerable follow-up question: How long can it stay this way?
“It definitely feels good to have everybody back, start to develop rhythm together and flow,” said backup guard Luke Kennard, who said he is no longer playing a restricted number of minutes after returning from a strained calf. “Hopefully we can put together here a long string of games with everybody healthy.”
How the injured Clippers responded to the full-contact practice, which featured live five-on-five play, would determine who will play Wednesday against Charlotte, but coach Tyronn Lue added that Powell will go on the upcoming five-game trip with the expectation of playing at some point.
This would count as the fourth roster reboot due to injury this season, following Kawhi Leonard’s return from a 15-month layoff…
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