Kawhi, Raptors made us all look like ‘idiots’ – Stephen A. | SportsCenter

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some shots forty-eight minutes ago for the NBA Finals we heard Nick Nurse talk about his superstar Kawhi Leonard I want to hear what you have to say about what you've seen from Toronto's number two over the last couple of three games, well, what I've seen the Toronto Raptors do, led primarily by coach Nick Nurse and obviously the star playing in this Kawhi Leonard is make all of us, including myself,

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like absolutely positive

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, that is really what it boils down to Kawhi Leonard. just on another level and everyone else is just watching, that's what this boils down to in this particular series that we watched.

Kawhi scored 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter 22 points in the second half Fred vanvleet comes off the bench he contributes seven three-pointers, you have to remember this was after Norman Powell and others came off the field to do what they did. Tonight they outscored Milwaukee by 20 on their bench, last game they outscored them by 25 on their bench, so you're getting production off Toronto's bench and you're getting a star, albeit injured, playing like a superstar and that's what it comes down to. this. On the other hand, you don't get that from the Greek monster, we're seeing the limitations of him, he's limited with the position of him.

His moves are limited when they crowd the line, he has no mid-range game to speak of, and they also have a starting point guard and every Bledsoe. He may have had 20 points tonight, nine points in the second half, but when it really counted, they pretty much did it on the shoot because they knew he wasn't going to make a perimeter shot and not only did you not get any production off the bench, the key in all of this was when Nick Nurse decided to take Kawhi Leonard and put him on the Greek monster and once that happens, the entire Milwaukee Bucks offense seems to have been neutralized, it's been three games against nothing since Nick Nurse did that adjustment and, by the

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s of it, there will be four on Saturday. night, what are you here from Milwaukee and are these guys you're talking to?

I mean, I don't think it's a hopeless situation, but there are changes afoot for Milwaukee to try to turn this around in the next two games. What I have to take is one game at a time, that will be their mentality, but the reality is that they were saying that after the series was tied 2-2 and in the end it seems that there is not much they can do about it again, everything flowing. The Greek Freak of yours is absolutely sensational, he has a dominant presence when he's in the paint, but where Kawhi Leonard has been able to help drastically is neutralizing the momentum that comes at you once he steps on half court.

Getting to that point on the three-point line, if you stop that momentum in some way, it neutralizes them and this is the playmaker, it's not just someone who scores on a post, he creates shots for other guys, but the others can't make open shots. because Kawhi Leonard is up there on them and not only that you have him getting help and then when you look at the secondary option or the Milwaukee Bucks, it's supposed to be Chris Middleton, but now six points tonight to say you had something. Brogdon and Brook Lopez's scoring is tough, but Middleton is an All-Star.

I don't want to hear six points from an All-Star. You need more of him. He didn't give you that tonight. That's a problem again and again. I mentioned a bank, the bank gave you practically nothing and that's what you're talking about now Chris Middleton, yes two out of nine, George Hill is fine off the bench but that was it.