[Highlight] Kawhi Leonard with the fadeaway jumper to give him 51 points, with 48.8 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter!
Surprisingly his first 50 piece in his career.
It’s funny Pop would always pull him out early when he’d hit career highs with us. Kawhi never seemed to be bothered by it.
Kawhi never cared about them stats!
He never set his aspirations to the sky, he’s fine going as high as the trees lol
guess that under the table money came though
All he cares about is Boardman gets paid š
The anti-Westbrook.
He cared about those minutes stats though. Can’t go overboard on that.
Tbf, kawhi never seems anything
My boy has hella equanimity
He could have had 50 like 10 times in his career at least, but yeah each time he was close it was a blowout or the coach decided to just rest him
Plus he doesn’t seem like the type to care too much about it
Same with KD, he surprisingly never had 60 I think, came close a lot but same situation with him
yep this is a good point
When Kawhi had a good scoring night, the Spurs were up by enough that he didnāt need to play anymore.
Clips were up 20 when he was at like 45 tonight but he still came back in to get the 50 piece. He really wanted it tonight.
He left and wouldnāt come back to play for yāall. He might not have seemed bothered but he couldāve been
His career was 45, which is much lower than people would expect
51 55 in year 15
What was his career high prior?
45 in 2019 I believe
And this dude called it would happen. Just not as early as tonight lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/bExL9mDxVT
Not really, heās sat out half his career
The Spurs stunted his growth.
Wow, hot take. Did you see Kawhi in college? Did you see his pre draft scouting? You might want to check that out buddy before you say things that you obviously dont know anything about. Go google buddy.
Spurs made him better than the empty stone faced husk of a shell he is now on a floundering bottom rank team.
I think itās clear heās joking
Heard this take dozens of times. Heās gotta make a joke for us to know it
Guy has 51 and the Pistons have 69 as a team
Kobe vs Mavs in 06 type beat
Kobeās was even more insane because he scored 62 through 3 quarters out scoring the mavs that had 61
Kinda funny, Kobeās 81 point game is where he also lost his free throw streak (62).
Kawhi wasnāt gonna get to 80 but itās pretty cool that a game where he couldāve prob gotten 70 is the same game he also broke his free throw streak (64). No wonder this game felt familiar š
And had 26 in the third quarter, while the Pistons had 27
nice
Nice
26 in the third quarter. What in the actual fuck? This is against the 2nd best defense in the league
Heās him man
Thatās mean we should trade for him
Iām not sure about that, does your city have a dangerous lack of trees and a need to plant more?
Trade ad
No one on the Pistons can guard him
I mean, when he’s healthy and locked in, no one can guard him. Its why he’s an all-timer
True, saw it in person. They had Cade try, then Thompson, then Stewart for more strength but no one could
And he went at all of em
Kawhi is still the best player in the league when he’s at his best
Jokic and Giannis are great but flawed Kawhi is up there with MJ and LeBron
I mean no that ship has clearly sailed
Itās also a meaningless statement. You could say multiple players are the best in the league when at their best
Crippled Kawhi clearly outplayed peak Jokic in the playoffs last year and was let down by his team not showing up for him
He outplayed Giannis by a much larger margin in the only series they went head to head
God damn is this uncle Dennis?
What in the world are you taking about lmao. Is this just elite trolling
Kawhi was actually pretty disappointing in the Denver series imo outside of the one insane game
And that Giannis series was like 7 years ago lmfao
Kawhi didnāt do anything in game 7, not nearly as good defensively as his peak. He had games where he was better than jokic, but for the overall series jokic was the better player. This is just revisionist after he had an elite game tonight. The raptors bucks series for sure he was better, but that kawhi isnāt the kawhi of today. Even in the bubble series I donāt think he outplayed jokic, he was a big part of their losses but didnāt get as much flame because PG was incredibly ass and Doc Rivers is a terrible coach with good players. This isnāt even hating on kawhi, imo heās a top 5-10 player all time in terms of skill and that raptors run he had for us was one of the greatest playoff runs by a player ever.
Kawhi had one great 39 point game in the playoffs last year and for the other 6, he was pretty solid, averaged 22.7 PPG. Those are good numbers. He absolutely did not outplay Jokic and he is absolutely nowhere near being the best player in the world. He cannot play like this on command because if he could, he would have taken over some of those games last playoffs such as game 7, where he had 22 points on 6⁄13 shooting.
This is a ridiculously good game from Kawhi and itās amazing how good he can play at this age. This is also not at all his average game. If you go by the player with the best game in the past few days is the best in the world, there are probably about 40 players who we can call the best in the world at their best, which is just meaningless. Itās ridiculous how people look at Kawhiās career best performances that he obviously doesnāt do every single game and call him the best in the world when nobody would do that for any other player.
I wouldn’t go that far lol
I mean Kawhi at his best canāt match up to Giannis as a playmaker, much less Jokic. How is he not āflawedā
Two way wings don’t have to be heliocentric players that have everything run through them
Dominant efficient bigs donāt HAVE to be good shooters either, but you consider that to be a flaw of Giannisā (his only flaw).
Got emmmm
Thereās a difference between being a helio player and being a good playmaker. That isnāt a necessary combination (see Hali)
Kawhi is a weak playmaker and that is a definite flaw of his
Every few months, theres a single game where Kawhi turns into a robot, and im not even exaggerating when I say theres legitimately nothing you can do. Its like a 4 quarter cutscene of just getting shit on. Just some typa shit the opps gotta accept and go “oh word” as he sinks some jumper over three people.
Yup and of course he had 5 steals tonight too. Unstoppable when his wiring is just right lol
Bee-boop, score bsll- boop-beep
I think it was the 2023 season where he just started putting up absurd stats for about a month before the playoffs and then only played two games in the post season before getting injured.
If that dude stayed healthy most of his career the Lebron Curry era would probably be a trio.
I mean from 2012-2020 either LeBron, Curry, or Kawhi won the Finals. If you include Giannis this streak goes from 2012-2022
A bit disingenuous to exclude KD
He was 30ppg on 50/50/90 for 2 months straight
he was shooting like 60-40-90 during that period
His game 2 vs Denver last year was so amazing to watch.
Healthy Kawhi…
Could have been a top 10 player oatĀ
Heās on the Mount Rushmore of healthy players
I seen a post the other day asking who had the better peak out of KD and Kawhi, imo Kawhi had a better peak and would’ve possibly been a higher all time player if he could stay healthy.
That Raptors run was crazy. And I’d rank that chip over all the chips Durant has.
Traded to a team he didn’t want to be in, and still played his best anyway and won the 1st chip for that franchise.
I want to agree with you, but KD’s peak is so hard to judge. It probably happened on GS, but judging his individual ability when he had those teammates is beyond me. The carry job he was doing on Brooklyn to almost beat the Bucks was probably his most dominant individual performance that I remember, but I have a tough time believing his peak came after an Achilles tear. So thinking about it now Kawhi has probably had higher peak(s), but KD has been much more consistent.
Kawhi without CP3.
Kawhi is definitely not facing punishment if heās still playing like this lol
āPlay me for your freedomā
Kawhi is about to have another sponsorship deal lined up
Sad how it’s a big deal when it was revealed and like there’s no update
Kawaii suddenly motivated to put up some effort, I wonder what changed this seasonā¦ š¤
Board man gets off scot-free.
Thanks JB Bickerstaff for not calling a timeout during Kawhiās inferno in the third quarter
You uii jk
JB enjoyed the show as much as anyone else.
By PER it is just about tied as the best single game performance this season:
itās just LAC and DEN players lol
Yeah. The clear cut 2 best teams in the league. Obv.Ā
Jokic man wtf
so many 50+ point games these days lmao
Bro did this against the Rockets too. Had his way with Amen and Tari. Healthy Kawhi is still an insane player
Pistons? You good?
Thereās not a lot you can do when Kawhi is wired up on jet fuel
I mean, game would be closer if they could hit a corner 3
Just like when Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler and Embiid couldnāt stop him :/
Just get some steel beams
Cade had 3 early fouls, it was over before it startedĀ
Go for 70, my load management King
My goat thank you
Finally has a 50 burger after all these years
Heās playing good defense too
I am happy to see kawhi Leonard playing so well. People forget there was a two year period where kawhi Leonard was the best player in basketball and it wasn’t even close. Unfortunately because of injuries fans have forgotten just how great he was.
Unfortunately fans have forgotten just how great he was.
This statement could be applied to the careers of so many players that aren’t named Curry or LeBron.
Kawhi, CP3, Harden, KD, Westbrook, Klay, Dame, etc and so forth
Heard someone ask someone if they really thought The Clippers had a shot this year… A healthy mentally feeling it Kawhi could always pop out and do some generational shit.
I really need to understand the thinking behind Bickerstaff leaving Tobias Harris on an island like he has?
JB has tried literally everyone and everything & it doesnāt matter. Kawhi is on fucking automatic
They were tripling and he was shooting over 3 people
When Kawhi is completely healthy, heās the best two way player in the league. His epic playoff run with the Raptors was historic and he wasnāt anywhere near healthy.
Easily one of the best chips of all time. Would have been sweeter if warriors were full strength though.
Chris paul was bringing down the vibes
Did I just read he has 51 on the 3rd Quarter????.
crazy
missed a FT before this tho. scrub
Incredible game from him!
HE IS COOKING
KLAW midrange master!
Straight assassin
Clippers are back
Damn Kawhi really did hate playing with CP3.
The fabled Kawhi when healthy
Sick. But bro has had like 12 years off so about time heās productive.
Isnāt there a dude that called this earlier today?
Edit: this guy
That’s a pretty sick LA logo
https://i.imgur.com/4Y4dzFl.jpeg
Whatever happened with the illegal payment this dude got?
How many blocks?!
da fuck they doin ova der
Kawhi just balls when he wants to
imagine cp3 badgering THIS guy about playing basketball lol
I canāt stand all these jersey colors not matching the actual colors of the team. I have to take a few seconds to figure out who is even playing. I hate it. Why even have team colors at all? Itās stupid
Legacy honoring the Buffalo Braves days. Court references San Diego and Buffalo on it. I wish they had these jerseys in blue.
Raptors 2019 flashbacks
NBA50 on DoorDash tomorrow donāt forget! I donāt think DoorDash advertise it anymore
I’m getting PTSD from this game lol
While some may question Kawhiās availability, his ability to play both ends is undeniably exceptional.
Really hope Kawhi stays healthy all season
Check cleared
New Aspiration shell company just dropped
Did the aspiration thing get swept under the rug? Did I miss some development?
He heard yāall talking alot of shit.
I want to see clips make a deep playoff run just to rub into Pablos nose
how tf did this man go 7-20 vs us the other day
not charged all the way
Look at Kawhi man, so aspirational.
Its a shame he’ll either be unavailable or completely hobbled for any playoff action.
He must have finally got that last payment from aspiration
People were saying Shai was the worst trade deal,and with all those picks probably.Dont know why it was constantly reposted with shaiās punchable face.But moments like this is why Iād rather watch a washed kawhi shake of the cobwebs then Shai at whatever prime people think heās in.
Very aspirational.
Amazing how his knee can heal temporarily š
Always nice to have a player like this in the playoffs that could get you a bucket no matter the defense.
I hope he stays healthy and makes a run this year. The Clippers are loaded
Anti Detroit terrorism
we have to meme ITS 51 when kids say 6,7
At his very best, locked in for ONE GAME, I wouldn’t doubt he’s the best player in the world.
Amen Thompson youāve been vindicated
Kawhi man, so aspirational
Kwi Trying to get traded out of the hellhole that is the clippers that he got himself into lol and Iām all for it
The Clippers have only been waiting on this since 2019.
Cleanest game when fit, debate my ass cheeks.
Now this is a guy Iād circumvent the salary cap for
how the hell is this his first 50 pt game in his career
Wish I could root for him. The man can ball.
So funny that literally not a single thing will come from his collusion ššš. Adam silvers NBA
Kawhi was in flow state tonight. Watching kawhi hoop like that will always be a blessing. Heās truly one of the most skilled players of all time. Take my HOF vote kawhi.
The remaining aspiration money just hit so he’s decided to show up
Taking the next 3 games off.