The Clippers will be without two key veterans in Kawhi Leonard and Bradley Beal when they host the reigning NBA champs Thunder Tuesday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will face James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers at 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Coach Tyronn Lue stated after Monday's 120-119 loss to the Heat that he's not sure Beal will play in the second half of the team's back-to-back Tuesday against Oklahoma City, independent NBA writer Justin Russo reports. Beal tallied 12 points (5-8 FG, 2-4 3Pt, 0-2 FT), one rebound, two assists and one steal in 20 minutes.

The LA Clippers are expected to be fully healthy for opening night against the Jazz, with Kawhi Leonard and Bradley Beal active.

One of the Los Angeles Clippers' newest acquisitions, Bradley Beal, has been absent from team scrimmages over the past week of training camp due to an offseason procedure he had done in May. Clippers' President of Basketball Operations Lawrence Frank ...