{"id":9844,"date":"2023-01-11T15:49:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/kawhi-leonard-on-his-season-best-33-point-outing-slam-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T15:49:14","slug":"kawhi-leonard-on-his-season-best-33-point-outing-slam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/kawhi-leonard-on-his-season-best-33-point-outing-slam-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard on His Season-Best 33-Point Outing | SLAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-disqus\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Kawhi+Leonard\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Kawhi+Leonard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> snapped the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 six-game losing streak after he finished the 113-101 win, posting season-high  33 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four steals to end the longest losing streak of his tenure with the Clippers. <\/p>\n<p>Leonard\u2019s 33-point outing was his second 30-point game of the season, showing more and more that he\u2019s getting his legs under him. According to ESPN, this was the third time in his career that he scored at least 30 points while shooting 75 percent from the field (9-12 shooting and 12-12 from the free-throw line). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gradually just getting my feet under me,\u201d said Leonard, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/35423760\/kawhi-leonard-season-best-33-clippers-snap-skid\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/35423760\/kawhi-leonard-season-best-33-clippers-snap-skid\" target=\"_blank\">per ESPN<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m starting to play 35-plus minutes, able to get [out of] that minutes restriction where it cuts you in and out those games, playing five-minute segments, six-minute segments here and there. So, just a continuous thing. Just keep getting better, stay healthy and just see where we could go from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kawhi did it all in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAClippers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LAClippers<\/a> win \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>33 PTS <br \/>9 REB<br \/>4 AST<br \/>4 STL<br \/>9\/12 FGM<br \/>12\/12 FTM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/48FufDbVuU\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/48FufDbVuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1613174018789490690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Leonard logged 36 minutes, marking the ninth time he\u2019s played 31 or more minutes in the last 10 games. The only time he didn\u2019t was when he played 18 minutes during their 122-91 blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets. Leonard is still being held out of playing back-to-back games, indicating he\u2019s frustrated with his minute restriction. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re basing it on minute restriction, it is frustrating,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cBecause I\u2019m not going in there jacking shots, so I\u2019m trying to play team basketball. It was frustrating [with the restriction]. We were losing games. From a minute restriction, I\u2019m not the only one either that was on it. Guys have been in and out the lineup all year, getting injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, just gotta stay the course and hope for the best. I\u2019ve been in the league for a while, so just know if you keep just punching [and] punching, you eventually could knock down something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers will look to build a consecutive win streak when they play the Nuggets on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n    ! function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n            n.callMethod ?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n    }(window, document, 'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '166515104100547');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/kawhi-leonard-on-his-season-best-33-point-outing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kawhi Leonard snapped the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 six-game losing streak after he finished the 113-101 win, posting season-high 33 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four steals to end the longest losing streak of his tenure with the Clippers. 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