Three things we learned Tuesday: Kawhi’s Spurs are not to be trifled with

[phyzik]

1) The Spurs are Kawhi Leonard’s team — and they are magnificent. Every year we give lip service to the “don’t sleep on the Spurs” idea, and then we get wrapped up talking about some other bright, shiny new object. Like say a move from Oklahoma City to the Bay Area. We do exactly what we said we weren’t going to do.

Then San Antonio reminds us they are fierce compe ors and contenders. Tuesday night the Spurs went into Oracle Arena and slapped Kevin Durant and the Warriors around. This was an old-school beatdown. In a game where the Warriors had the winners of the last three MVP awards, Kawhi Leonard was the best player on the court — a career-high 35 points on 21 shots, he got to the line 15 times, and he had five steals. Tim Duncan is gone and this is now Leonard’s team, without question. He was simply unfair, just torturing the Warriors on both ends and leading a physical Spurs team that dominated the glass — the Spurs had 24 second chance points to the Warriors 4.

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[SupremeGuy]

Thanks for sharing.

[cd98]

Kawhi looked like Kobe Bryant except without the bad shot selection and ignoring the other 4 players on the floor. The dribble, mid range pull up is Kobesque. That's a weapon. He looked pretty good for a "system" player.

[BillMc]

Kawhi looked like Kobe Bryant except without the bad shot selection and ignoring the other 4 players on the floor. The dribble, mid range pull up is Kobesque. That's a weapon. He looked pretty good for a "system" player.

Didn't Pop ask Kobe to meet with Kawhi to teach him to be more assertive? I remember reading something about that. Not sure if it ever happened.

[TimDunkem]

[SAGirl]

He was truly amazing. Thanks for sharing.