5/7/2023 0 Comments Kawhi leonard wingspan![]() ![]() Leonard is a rare breed who can take over with the ball in his hands on offense and will shut down the opponents best player on defense. Leonard is the leagues second best player and its hard to argue against it.īesides LeBron James, is their another player who impacts the game more on both ends of the ball besides Kawhi Leonard? Absolutely not. It’ll be tough to say they earned it with Leonard’s absence. The Warriors have been basically gifted a NBA finals appearance for the third consecutive season. Oddshark has the Warriors has a 14 point favorite as of today. The Spurs are likely to be a massive double digit underdog for game 2. Granted, they won by 39 as James Harden displayed the most pathetic playoff performance by a proclaimed superstar that I ever witnessed but the Rockets are not the Warriors. The Spurs were 8.5 point underdogs in game 6 at Houston when Leonard was forced to miss the game. The Spurs have virtually no chance without him in the series and are likely to begin in a 2-0 hole now as he will not play in game 2. The entire series is dependent on Kawhi’s ankle injury. ![]() The Warriors feasted on his absence by finishing the game outscoring the Spurs 58-33 to win game 1 by a final score of 113-111. Leonard departed the game at 7:54 remaining in the third. He had 8 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal while the Spurs had a 23 point lead. Leonard was 7-for-13 from the field with 26 points in 24 minutes of action. Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsPrior to the injury, the Spurs were cruising to a game 1 victory at Oracle Arena. Leonard’s injury is a damn shame to what could have been a historically great series between the Spurs and Warriors. We’re playing very possibly the best team in the league. You want to know how that lessens our chances or not. And you want to know how we feel about it. Totally unnatural close out that the league has outlawed years ago, and pays great attention to it. Here’s what Popovich had to say about the play:Īsk David West, his current teammate, how things went when Zaza (Pachulia) was playing for Dallas, and he and David got into it and then about the history he’s had and what that means to a team, what happened last night. The play was considered a “dirty play” since he did not allow Kawhi a clear landing space and he stuck his foot in a position where Leonard’s injured ankle would land. There has been much speculation and debate on whether Pachulia intended to injure Leonard. Leonard re-aggravated his left ankle injury midway through the third quarter when he attempted a jump shot over Warriors center Zaza Pachulia. Popovich informed the media today that Leonard is in the process of undergoing an MRI as well. Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out for game two of the Western Conference Finals according to head coach Gregg Popovich. ![]()
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