Barely 12 points on average with 40% on shots including 17% from afar… Before this match against the Celtics, the statistical line of Kawhi Leonard over the whole season was unrecognizable. The Clippers winger took advantage of the arrival of the best team in the league, and the attention generated by this beautiful poster, to set the record straight.
In this part, we found the incisive player of yesteryear, capable of having a big impact on both sides of the field. He who had not yet exceeded the 20 point mark this season delighted with his play at mid-distance.
A “turnaround” baseline against Marcus Smart to start, a “jumper” out of the dribble and racquet head in the face of Malcolm Brogdon, then the same penalty against Blake Griffin… “The Klaw” quickly found his rhythm .
But it was in the third quarter, where the Clippers will start to soar in the score, that he did the most damage. His 3-point shot in first intention in transition, then his “runner” on the next possession still in transition, are all good signs of a player who regains confidence in his game and his physique.
More than five hundred days without exceeding 20 points!
” It’s only my ninth game of the season and it comes after a whole year of nursing a ruptured cruciate ligament. We can’t rush. I would have liked to play more. Put…, I’ve been trying to do this since the beginning of the year. It’s about listening to the guys who are studying the matter “, loose after the match the winger, remained 29 minutes in game.
It was enough time to sign his best performance of the year with 25 points, total efficiency (10/12 on shots including 2/3 from afar), 9 rebounds, 6 assists for 34 evaluation and a +23 to the score when he was in play. He had not reached the 20 point mark in the regular season since May 12, 2021!
“ It’s a collective effort of everyone tonight. We wanted to make sure that (Jason) Tatum is taken to two and to contest the shots of (Jaylen) Brown”, commented the winger before being asked about his personal feelings: ” Uh no (it was not yet his best feelings of the year). It’s a story of repetitions. I took shots, that’s all. I have to stay in good health. It’s a good victory at the end of a long “road trip” but other things are to come… »
| Kawhi Leonard | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | SAN | 64 | 24 | 49.3 | 37.6 | 77.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
| 2012-13 | SAN | 58 | 31 | 49.4 | 37.4 | 82.5 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 2013-14 | SAN | 66 | 29 | 52.2 | 37.9 | 80.2 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 2014-15 | SAN | 64 | 32 | 47.9 | 34.9 | 80.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 2015-16 | SAN | 72 | 33 | 50.6 | 44.3 | 87.4 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 21.2 |
| 2016-17 | SAN | 74 | 33 | 48.5 | 38.0 | 88.0 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 25.5 |
| 2017-18 | SAN | 9 | 23 | 46.8 | 31.4 | 81.6 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| 2018-19 | TOR | 60 | 34 | 49.6 | 37.1 | 85.4 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 26.6 |
| 2019-20 | LAKE | 57 | 32 | 47.0 | 37.8 | 88.6 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 27.1 |
| 2020-21 | LAKE | 52 | 34 | 51.2 | 39.8 | 88.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 24.9 |
| 2022-23 | LAKE | 8 | 25 | 39.8 | 17.2 | 85.7 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 11.6 |
| Total | 584 | 31 | 49.2 | 38.2 | 85.8 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 19.1 | |
