Leonard = Best Perimeter Defender EVER

[RD2191]

11:44	Tony Parker makes 8-foot two point shot	48-43
11:26		48-43	Rajon Rondo bad pass (Tiago Splitter steals)
11:22	Tony Parker offensive foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	48-43
11:22	Tony Parker turnover	48-43
10:56		48-43	Dirk Nowitzki misses 20-foot jumper
10:56	Tim Duncan defensive rebound	48-43
10:44		48-43	Chandler Parsons personal foul (Tony Parker draws the foul)
10:33	Tony Parker out of bounds lost ball turnover	48-43
10:30	Tiago Splitter personal block (Monta Ellis draws the foul)	48-43
10:25		48-45	Monta Ellis makes 16-foot jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
10:11	Tony Parker misses 18-foot jumper	48-45
10:11		48-45	Chandler Parsons defensive rebound
10:04		48-47	Monta Ellis makes 9-foot two point shot
9:45	Tiago Splitter 3 second turnover	48-47
9:37		48-49	Dirk Nowitzki makes 15-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
9:18	Tim Duncan misses 5-foot jumper	48-49
9:18		48-49	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound
9:15		48-49	Dirk Nowitzki bad pass (Tiago Splitter steals)
9:12	Tim Duncan misses 8-foot jumper	48-49
9:11		48-49	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound
9:07		48-49	Rajon Rondo misses 17-foot jumper
9:04	Tim Duncan defensive rebound	48-49
8:59		48-49	Rajon Rondo personal foul (Tiago Splitter draws the foul)
8:53	Tony Parker bad pass	48-49
8:45		48-51	Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
8:33		48-51	Rajon Rondo shooting foul (Tony Parker draws the foul)
8:33	Tony Parker misses free throw 1 of 2	48-51
8:33	Spurs offensive team rebound	48-51
8:33	Tony Parker makes free throw 2 of 2	49-51
8:25		49-51	Chandler Parsons out of bounds lost ball turnover
8:25	Patty Mills enters the game for Tony Parker	49-51
8:11	Tiago Splitter out of bounds lost ball turnover	49-51
7:58		49-51	Rajon Rondo lost ball turnover (Kawhi Leonard steals)
7:43	Kawhi Leonard makes 18-foot jumper	51-51
7:22		51-53	Dirk Nowitzki makes 17-foot jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
7:09	Patty Mills misses 24-foot three point jumper	51-53
7:09		51-53	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound
7:03		51-53	Monta Ellis misses driving layup
7:01	Tiago Splitter defensive rebound	51-53
6:54	Danny Green makes three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists)	54-53
6:54	Mavericks Full timeout
6:54		54-53	Monta Ellis technical foul(1st technical foul)
6:54		54-53	Devin Harris enters the game for Rajon Rondo
6:54	Tony Parker enters the game for Tiago Splitter	54-53
6:54	Boris Diaw enters the game for Patty Mills	54-53
6:54	Danny Green misses technical free throw	54-53
6:54		54-53	Mavericks offensive team rebound
6:43	Boris Diaw personal foul (Monta Ellis draws the foul)	54-53
6:35		54-55	Monta Ellis makes driving layup
6:09	Boris Diaw misses 24-foot three point jumper	54-55
6:07		54-55	Chandler Parsons defensive rebound
5:58		54-57	Dirk Nowitzki makes 9-foot two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
5:41	Boris Diaw makes 20-foot two point shot	56-57
5:20		56-59	Dirk Nowitzki makes 20-foot jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
5:11		56-59	Monta Ellis personal foul (Kawhi Leonard draws the foul)
5:11		56-59	Al-Farouq Aminu enters the game for Dirk Nowitzki
5:03	Kawhi Leonard makes 11-foot two point shot	58-59
4:54		58-59	Monta Ellis lost ball turnover (Kawhi Leonard steals)
4:50	Devin Harris blocks Tony Parker's layup	58-59
4:50	Spurs offensive team rebound	58-59
4:43	Tim Duncan misses 10-foot jumper	58-59
4:43		58-59	Devin Harris defensive rebound
4:31	Tony Parker personal block (Chandler Parsons draws the foul)	58-59
4:16		58-62	Monta Ellis makes 28-foot three pointer
4:01	Kawhi Leonard misses 16-foot jumper	58-62
4:01		58-62	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound
3:50		58-64	Monta Ellis makes driving layup
3:49	Spurs Full timeout
3:49		58-64	Charlie Villanueva enters the game for Chandler Parsons
3:33	Tim Duncan makes layup (Kawhi Leonard assists)	60-64
3:15		60-67	Charlie Villanueva makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
3:03	Boris Diaw misses 5-foot	60-67
3:02		60-67	Charlie Villanueva defensive rebound
2:56		60-70	Devin Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monta Ellis assists)
2:35	Tony Parker misses three point jumper	60-70
2:34		60-70	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound
2:31	Kawhi Leonard shooting foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)	60-70
2:31		60-71	Devin Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
2:31		60-71	Amar'e Stoudemire enters the game for Tyson Chandler
2:31	Jeff Ayres enters the game for Tim Duncan	60-71
2:31	Marco Belinelli enters the game for Kawhi Leonard	60-71
2:31		60-72	Devin Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
2:09	Tony Parker lost ball turnover (Charlie Villanueva steals)

[DMC]

Yay Monta Ellis will retire without a ring, but he'll have sporadic regular season success. That'll show the guy who won FMVP at age 22, in the 2nd of b2b Finals appearances, a thing or two.

[RD2191]

The Spurs just have bad luck, imo. It was a fuken given that Monta would go off tonight.

[313]

So what's your point? You really think Tucker or Bledsoe are better defenders than Kawhi? There is no one could possibly be so stupid as to believe it.

Tucker is a fantastic defender tbh

[wildchild]

Tucker is a fantastic defender tbh

He's a good defender, a bit underrated in the league. But I wouldn't say he's fantastic. (or elite like Kawhi and Danny).

[SASdynasty!]

It's amazing in 3 and half years, he's already passed Bruce. But he has....

To be fair, Bruce held Lebron to 22 PPG on 36% shooting. Lebron went for 28.2 PPG on 57% shooting last year against Kawhi.

[SASdynasty!]

The Spurs just have bad luck, imo. It was a fuken given that Monta would go off tonight.

Lol, don't blame Kawhi!

[SASdynasty!]

This is thread about Kawhi, are you implying that KAwhi was good on defense in the 3rdQ or bad?

He doesn't know how to post anything other than Parker hate.

[wildchild]

To be fair, Bruce held Lebron to 22 PPG on 36% shooting. Lebron went for 28.2 PPG on 57% shooting last year against Kawhi.

[wildchild]

Don't blame Kawhi!

Agreed. There is no reason to blame Kawhi. He was the best Spur on the floor, main scorer and rebounder. 19 points 9 rebounds 4 stls 3 asts 1blk

[loveforthegame]

Leonard will get burned at times. It's very rare that he doesn't make up for it in other areas or in other games.

Some match ups are bad for him. Simple as that. Other than Green, it's not like we have any other options.

It's too bad we don't have point guards who can do their job so we're not having to drag our small forward or shooting guard over to guard their man.

[SpurPadre]

He's a baller no doubt but Bowen was better at contested shots (contested shots isn't just about blocks) and also did a better job of staying on his man, tbh.

[Malik Hairston]

Leonard will get burned at times. It's very rare that he doesn't make up for it in other areas or in other games.

Some match ups are bad for him. Simple as that. Other than Green, it's not like we have any other options.

It's too bad we don't have point guards who can do their job so we're not having to drag our small forward or shooting guard over to guard their man.

Ya, the 3rd perimeter defender is a concern, as usual..

The Warriors have 4 or 5 competent wing defenders, and even Curry isn't a liability anymore..the Grizzlies have 3 or 4, the Rockets have 3, etc..

It's generally not a concern against most teams, since you can hide the Parkers and Mills, but the drop off from Leonard/Green to the rest of the wing defenders is colossal..Parker/Belinelli are 2 of the worst in the NBA, Manu is too old and Mills is just too small in most matchups..

[SASdynasty!]

Agreed. There is no reason to blame Kawhi. He was the best Spur on the floor, main scorer and rebounder. 19 points 9 rebounds 4 stls 3 asts 1blk

I was talking about his defense.

[kobyz]

op, his infantility cost us the game, he had to be this arrogant and premature and jinx Kawhi...

[wildchild]

I was talking about his defense.

I was talking about his game tonight, his all-around game.

[SASdynasty!]

I was talking about his game tonight, his all-around game.

Yah he scored half as many points as the guy he was guarding. It's like when Parker scored 31 but Kyrie had 57. Parker didn't have a bad game overall, but his defense was terrible (and Kyrie was making everything).

[TheGreatYacht]

He's a baller no doubt but Bowen was better at contested shots (contested shots isn't just about blocks) and also did a better job of staying on his man, tbh.

This 1000x

[wildchild]

Yah he scored half as many points as the guy he was guarding. It's like when Parker scored 31 but Kyrie had 57. Parker didn't have a bad game overall, but his defense was terrible (and Kyrie was making everything).

But most of PG's score easily on Tony, we can't say the same about Kawhi.

It's incomprehensible to me that people -in this thread- doubt Kawhi as defender for this game, for only one game in the season.

[marinoman]

Holy jinx thread Batman!!!

[SASdynasty!]

But most of PG's score easily on Tony, we can't say the same about Kawhi.

It's incomprehensible to me that people -in this thread- doubt Kawhi as defender for this game, for only one game in the season.

I'm not doubting Kawhi's defense in general. It just wasn't anything special this game. He's one of the best defenders in the league on any given night.

[Tuddy]

Bowen better positional defender, why he was able to guard PGs

[dabom]

Kobe never went off on bruce.

[jag]

What the has happened to this forum...

[romain.star]

wtf... the guy is just 23 years old. So far, he is not even the best Spurs perimeter defender ever