By Paul Garcia, Project SpursTo find out how Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, and the San Antonio Spurs’ team defense was able to hold off the Memphis Grizzlies, click here.
The Bright Side
• The Kid from the West: For only being 20 years old, Kawhi Leonard is making a name for himself as a major NBA perimeter defender. After holding Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant under his scoring average, and just 22 points on 9-of-19 shooting, Leonard held Memphis’ Rudy Gay to 18 points, 9-of-26 shooting, and four turnovers. A week ago, Leonard held Gay to 1-point, and 0-of-7 shooting. This kid is making a huge impact for the Spurs’ team defense and it’s an even bigger bonus when he’s slashing to the basket and hitting open three pointers. Head coach Gregg Popovich has already mentioned Leonard’s name within the same conversation of soon to be retired jersey Spur Bruce Bowen, but Leonard still has an unknown part of his game on the offensive end that has unpredictable possibilities. With the way he’s holding some of these elite scorer’s to inefficient numbers, it’s getting close to the point where one can confidently say Leonard is going to shut down the other teams best perimeter scorer or make that player work for every point.
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