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Andy Nesbitt

Kawhi Leonard had a perfect F-bomb response to his coach’s goal for Games 3 and 4 of Finals

Kawhi Leonard is a guy who doesn’t show his emotions all that much, as you probably know by now if you’ve been watching any of his masterful run through the NBA playoffs this year.

But before Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night his head coach, Nick Nurse, told a great story about how Leonard responded to Nurse’s postgame comments after Game 2 in which he told the team they needed to go to Oakland and get one win in either Game 3 or Game 4 at Oracle Arena.

Leonard took exception to that and seemed to call the team’s shot, as he had another plan for the trip to the West Coast:

UFC champ Max Holloway, who has adopted the Raptors after winning big fights in that city, loved it:

That’s some good stuff from Leonard, who did lead his team to two wins in Oakland.

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