‘They’re A Good Team!’ Kawhi Leonard After Clippers Lose Against Timberwolves

‘They’re A Good Team!’ Kawhi Leonard After Clippers Lose Against Timberwolves

Kawai um you guys didn’t turn the ball over in the second you guys turned it over four times in the fourth I mean in in the third I’m sorry and they were able to outscore you guys 40 to 19 what was the biggest difference for you guys

In that third quarter uh just you know they’re a good team they came out with uh energy um they got in the passing Lanes got some deflections um in the third quarter and got out in transition and Tai said that he wanted to see you guys get to your second and

Third action you guys have not been consistent with that that what do you see from you guys offensively in a game like this is it kind of like when goar and towns are out there you guys are kind of reluctant to get to the basket and that’s why you guys maybe take quick

Shots no I mean um you know it’s even when if uh you know teams that we’ve been playing um our last four games kind of been up and down uh ball kind of sticky um but obviously those guys do have a a great pre presence in the paint

Um but but I don’t I don’t think um I think it’s it’s what us um you know what I mean so we got to be better at uh you know driving for another player and U just getting open shots Ka how much over here how much do you follow the standings and how

Important is to you guys to least finish in the top four in the west um I mean it’s important um just to get better and and get every win um you know that that’s what that’s what we focus on um that’s what I focus on and

Um just about how how how um we’re playing a basketball game and U if it seems like we’re turning up um with our play then um you know that’s what matters um and that’s the carryover you need into the playoffs Kawai um with the way that the

Second half went and the game against Cleveland against like these taller longer bigger teams C can a night like tonight be somewhat of a wakeup call so to speak and kind of get you guys back on track against those types of teams um yeah I mean just what I said

Before um you know we we went off we been uh kind of winning off talent and you know when you’re playing better teams our teams are in the passing Lane um those isolation shots are those misses get louder um so like coach was saying we got to do a

Better job of uh you know listening to him and trying to execute kaai since the Grammy road trip I you said it just now but since the Grammy road trip you’ve been saying that you know the team’s been winning on Talent even when you guys were winning if if

Today is kind of that wakeup call game to kind of show it again how do you fix that problem what changes from this moment forward um I don’t think it’s a wakeup call game um I think you know there’s going to be games like this you

Know going moving forward as well um I mean that’s up to y’all to write about um but like I said we have to look at what we’re doing um the things were not doing well and trying to get better at it before uh you know it starts getting

Real gu not just this season but in years past you’ve talked a lot about the level of dominance that a team needs to have during the regular season in order to really consider themselves a championship caliber team I know tonight obviously wasn’t the best showing but

How close do you feel like you guys have gotten to that level that’s necessary to consider yourself a championship team uh we’re right there um you know the we’ve been you know winning games uh as everybody’s seen um and like I said before U there’s ways for us to get better you

Know that and that’s what’s scary um we start jailing a little late and you know now and U it’s the time to kind of turn it around

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard speaks to media after Clippers lose against Anthony Edwards and Minnesota Timberwolves. Clippers postgame interview. Clippers game today.