Kawhi Leonard to miss 3rd straight game with quad contusion

San Antonio Spurs leading scorer Kawhi Leonard will miss his third straight game Monday against the Memphis Grizzlies with a right quad contusion.

Leonard will sit with the Spurs' big three of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili, who were ruled out on Friday for rest purposes.

It's likely the Spurs are playing it safe with Leonard ahead of the playoffs. The reigning Defensive Player of the Year tweaked his quad in last Wednesday's game against the Miami Heat, but his teammates didn't seem to think the injury was serious.

The undermanned squad lost Saturday's game to the Oklahoma City Thunder, and are 2-5 since 2011 with Leonard, Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili all out of action. That said, the Spurs have second place in the Western Conference sown up with nine contests left in the regular season. They could still win 70 games by going undefeated the rest of the way.