LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was named to the NBA All-Bubble Second Team on Saturday.
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00:00 LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was officially named the NBA's all-bubble second team on Saturday afternoon.
00:05 The two-way star posted averages 28.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.3 assists across six games,
00:12 keeping up on 48.5% of his 10th three-point range in those bubble games.
00:16 Leonard's highest scoring game came on Sunday when he dropped 39 points on the Brooklyn Nets in a
00:21 four-point loss. He was locked in on both ends of the floor that night, picking up four steals as
00:25 well, which was one shy of his season-high five. The all-bubble second team was rounded up by
00:30 Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris "Faps" Porzingis, Michael Porter Jr., and Karras LeVert, while the
00:35 first team was included Damian Lillard, Devon Booker, TJ Warren, Luke Gdanskic, and James Harden.
00:40 As great as Leonard was, some Clippers fans were a bit surprised to see Paul George off the list
00:44 as well. Nowadays, Healthy Leonard's co-star played some of his best basketball to seize the bubble,
00:49 averaging 25.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 3.8 assists across six games,
00:54 additionally George is shooting a blistering 50% from deep on the attempts per game.
00:59 That said, earning a spot on the all-bubble team obviously is the reason Clippers came out of the
01:03 bubble. LA clinched the number two seed in the Western Conference with its 124-111 win over
01:09 Denver on Wednesday, forcing a first-round matchup with the Dallas Mavericks. The team
01:13 clearly has much bigger goals in mind. "We want to win a championship," George said on Saturday.
01:17 "That's the reason we committed to be here. It's as simple as that. We should have one goal,
01:22 and we have one goal, and that's to win it." Leonard, George, and us Clippers will begin
01:26 their hunt for an NBA title on Monday when they face off the Mavericks in Game 1 of that series.