I thought he was some bitter Lakers or Heat fan.
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The replay of the game is on, and I stopped to watch a few minutes of it. Third quarter, about 5 minutes left. Kawhi took the ball at the elbow, with Ariza on him. Jabbed - Ariza didn't bite. Pump-faked a 3 - Ariza didn't bite. So Kawhi put the ball on the floor, and backed Ariza all the way into the paint. There was help behind Ariza, and Kawhi clearly didn't like what he saw, so he just sort of dumped the ball back on Tony. Parker weaved his ways through the big trees, and flipped up a floater from about the restricted circle. Kawhi got his touch... he just gave it up. If I watched the whole game, I know that there were more possessions like that one.
Fourth quarter - Kawhi gets a steal and takes off in transition, with only Brewer in front of him. Normally Kawhi is coast-to-coast on that play. Instead, he peels off at the 3P line. Then CoJo gets wide open at near the basket, and Kawhi doesn't see him, or just decides not to pass. Finally, Green is trailing, and Kawhi pitches it to him at the 3P line, and Danny nails it. It worked out okay. But Kawhi should have taken it all the way himself, or at least passed to Joseph for the gimme at the basket.
What I'm seeing is that Kawhi's lack of shots wasn't all because Parker wouldn't give him the ball. Kawhi passed on some shots he would normally take, and Parker took what the defense was offering. All I'm seeing is good basketball here.
