MILWAUKEE—It snuck into a group conversation with Kawhi Leonard one night earlier this week, a quick phrase dropped that gave a glimpse of just what NBA playoff basketball means to him. Leonard had 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter as Toronto rallied from a sluggish start to pull away for the victory. A Pascal Siakam dunk with about 16 seconds left sealed the game, and Kyle Lowry put it away with two free throws with 11.8 seconds remaining. “I think he’s a little fresher today maybe than he was a couple days ago, it seems, in just his demeanour and his moving around in general,” Nurse said before the game. So I think we’ll be OK. We’ll have to read it, as usual.”Share your thoughtsARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

Source: thestar May 24, 2019 03:19 UTC