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  • John.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Full postgame On the way with Kawai.

  • Johannes, Nurse Budenholzer.

  • It's all on the way here tonight on SportsCenter.

  • Only one guy in this entire game played more than 40 minutes.

  • It's the one guy Tim Legler wants to talk about.

  • John mentioned the prolific scoring Take me through Kawai Leonard tonight.

  • To me, this is the key stretch when he took over the game.

  • And I think this is the difference between a superstar that can score anywhere on the floor and some of limitations that the Milwaukee Bucks had offensively.

  • And we start with this right here.

  • This is the choir has gotten so good at being patient.

  • A lot of guys, you get this step and maybe you take it down here and there's going to be a lot of traffic.

  • And he doesn't like shooting the fadeaway going to his right.

  • He likes coming back left, so he stops resets.

  • Now he comes to the middle and right here, when you drive a guy back toward the rim, his weights going this way, it's just really difficult to plan and get enough momentum for a contest.

  • And you can see right here.

  • That's all the room Kawai needs.

  • This is his favorite shot on the floor.

  • About 13 feet.

  • Knocks it down.

  • Big stretch.

  • In the game, they were down three cuts with one right there.

  • Here's another one now, so he turns the corner right here, turns a corner on Middleton, and now you got back line.

  • Defenders have to make a decision.

  • Take a look at what happens with George Hill.

  • He's looking over at the honest and he's thinking to himself, Yanis isn't going to come off the strong side corner and give up that three.

  • Which means he has to come and help.

  • That's what he's thinking.

  • And as a result, this guy down here in the corner is going to be the recipient of this pass.

  • Great players jaw company.

  • Zubin.

  • He draws three on that play, then Fleet.

  • What a night!

  • He had seven threes helping out cause and then here to switch on again.

  • He's gonna just come in Dr Hard at Lopez, get him back and then separate for that step back.

  • Three again.

  • Critical stretch here to me, they go from down for toe up four in a three minute stretch.

  • Kawai letter took over the game shot making playmaking superstar has been doing it throughout the entire postseason.

  • You expect now these kind of results when the game's on the line at acquire letter.

  • All right, speaking of shot making superstars to the other team we expected from Kawai, and we got it from Yannis up until really, this Siri's began has been a little bit inconsistent.

  • What did you see him tonight?

  • Well, it's the greatest commitment.

  • I've seen any team have a one guide to de determined, not let him get any driving Lee.

  • And he's playing in a crowd.

  • And you see, now there's some awkward moments out of Yana Santa Coop.

  • Oh, when he plays into that crowd and this is what he has to address in the offseason, he's got to be better offensively.

  • Fall over the floor.

  • You see here, we can't get to the rim, so he ends up taking an awkward fade away.

  • Air ball.

  • Here's another situation.

  • He drives into a crowd he's not, doesn't have a tight enough handle on and not enough pass off the dribble throws that away.

  • Here.

  • He catches a deep on SEAQ amid as he spins that Paul should be in his left hand.

  • Instead, it's blocked because he tried to put his right.

  • And then this last one early transition.

  • The commitment for Toronto to sprint back ahead of him.

  • Turn wall him up.

  • He drives chest to chest of Marcus soldiers, five red jerseys literally around him.

  • He awkwardly fumbles the basketball, so you know this is their best player.

  • He might end up being the M V p of the league, and yet there is one glaring hole in his game.

  • And that's his inability to take over a score from anywhere on the floor as the best player for this team, the way that Kawai letter did.

  • And I think if they end up losing this Siri's, I think Janos onto the coop.

  • Oh, if you want to take it to the next level, what is really no answer for you?

  • You're gonna have to add a mid range game and an ability to score when the lane is loaded up against you.

  • Because he has really struggled with in this series.

  • He has been exposed for the first time all season long.

  • Game six Saturday night in Toronto.

  • Raptors win.

  • They go to the finals in front of home fans.

  • Kawai was an MBA Finals M v p.

  • In his early twenties.

  • What timing?

  • He could do it again and then hit Free agency could be quite the start of a summer for Kawai.

  • Tim.

  • Thanks.

  • Thank you.

John.

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