If the Raptors hope to make a run this post-season, Kawhi Leonard has to log more minutes in these types of games. (via michaelgrange)
to be fiddling around with load management.was ready to be deployed as a post-season search-and-destroy weapon, it was time to take the shackles off, throw a little caution to the wind and let Leonard do what he was brought here to do, at considerable expense.
But that was the peak moment. The plucky Magic wouldn’t quit. D.J. Augustin, the journeyman point guard who had a short stint with the Raptors in 2013-14, scored on a lay-up to tie the game and then dropped a bomb from deep with 3.4 seconds left to win it. There are a lot of things to manage in an NBA playoff game, but playing your best player the most seems like it should be at the top of the list.
Hell, last Sunday Leonard played 38 minutes in a meaningless home game against Miami and that came in a noon start after playing 32 minutes the previous Friday in Charlotte. Let’s make this easy on everyone: Leonard needs to play more minutes in playoff games that are in any way in doubt in the fourth quarter. If he’s not on the floor with nine minutes to go, someone should send up a flare. He didn’t get subbed back in until there was 6:43 left in the fourth Sunday. The Raptors’ two best quarters were the first and third against the Magic and Leonard played nine and 10 minutes in those, respectively.
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