The basketball world is still buzzing over Kawhi Leonard, whose scoring numbers and efficiency have put him in a truly elite class through these playoffs so far. Here's what the U.S. media had to say about the Raptors star's dominant Game 4. (DaveZarum)
NYT’s Harvey Araton examines the risk/reward nature of Leonard’s Raptors tenure and why, for the time being at least, Leonard is proving why in the NBA it’s almost always worth moving mountains or doing whatever it takes when presented with the opportunity to land a player of Kawhi’s calibre:
Leonard is already in the conversation of the best two-way players in the N.B.A., and his ceiling keeps rising. In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, he erupted for 39 points, including a step-back, game-icing 3-pointer as the shot clock was winding down, and the Raptors evened the series by defeating the 76ers, 101-96, at Wells Fargo Center.
Philly.com — The Raptors didn’t beat the Sixers. Kawhi Leonard did. And he might just win this series by himself. All of it, from Leonard’s latest marvelous performance in his marvelous series to the manner in which he plays and carries himself, exists on the same continuum. He is averaging 38 points a game and shooting 62 percent from the field against the Sixers, milestones that Michael Jordan reached just once in playoff series in his career.
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