Strange scene during the meeting between the Spurs and the Clippers at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
While we are in the second quarter, and Los Angeles is already ahead in the score, Kawhi Leonard gets the foul and comes to the free throw line. And the Spurs fans are whistling.
That’s when Gregg Popovich takes the microphone to ask the spectators to stop!
“Excuse me for a second” says Pop. “Can we stop the whistles and let these guys play?” Show some class. We’re not like that. Stop the whistles. »
A totally counterproductive speech since the Spurs fans whistled even louder during the second free throw, and then continued throughout the match, also whistling the other Clippers afterwards.
Don’t tickle the bear?
“I think anyone who knows a little about sport knows that you don’t tickle the bear” Gregg Popovich responded dryly at a press conference. So the coach wanted to avoid motivating Kawhi Leonard? Relaunched, he explained that he had already answered the question and that his sentence in English was clear enough for everyone…
For his part, Kawhi Leonard explains that he did not fully understand what was happening at the time.
“I was focused on shooting my free throws” he assures, not taking offense at the whistles. “If I don’t have a Spurs jersey on my back, they’re going to boo me for the rest of my career. It’s like that. Like I said before, they’re the best fans in the league, and they’re very competitive. As soon as I enter the field here, they show me that they are on the other side. But in the streets or restaurants, they show me love. »
