Nick Nurse applauded Kawhi Leonard for making a defensive play against Minnesota.
Awesome. Awesome. We’ve only shown it at least twice to our team. I think we showed it at halftime last night and we showed it in our defensive edit today. The point is that if one of your best players is getting dirty and getting on the floor, then we all should be getting dirty and getting on the floor, and making plays. That’s instinct, and reacting quickly and knowing you can possibly make plays with your length and finishing plays.
His defensive game is similar to his offensive game in my opinion. He can hurt you from the outside, he can hurt you from the inside. He can guard guys off the dribble, he can really play all facets on both ends. I think he’s won the DPOY award and we’re seeing probably why a little bit in flashes in some of these games.
Here’s the play he’s talking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLHDBAlsbwg
Here’s the full player highlights for Kawhi.
