Kawhi Leonard’s hands have always been a source of amazement for NBA fans — it’s why he’s the Klaw, and he can make a basketball look tiny and palm balls on the fly.
On Monday night, in a 113-107 victory in Game 3 of the Los Angeles Clippers’ playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, it only took one extremely long middle finger on his ginormous hands to make a game-saving block.
With 1:47 left in the fourth quarter and the Nuggets down just six, Jamal Murray went in for a dunk and Leonard’s finger swatted it away. The video is pretty amazing, but you’ve got to see the photos:
There’s a reason why they call him “The Klaw” 🖐 pic.twitter.com/uEF2DaAvVk
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) September 8, 2020
KAWHI BLOCKED THAT WITH ONE FINGER. pic.twitter.com/ZJpyvKVuNw
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 8, 2020
NBA PLAYER: “im going to dunk on Kawhi.”
KAWHI: pic.twitter.com/e8UrXVhnNi
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 8, 2020
Hang it in the Louvre 🖼 pic.twitter.com/CwPxWUXQ05
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 8, 2020
His teammate Paul George had a great reaction to it:
“That’s an extra-long middle finger—it kept growing or something.”
PG on Kawhi's block 😂 pic.twitter.com/Q7O4OIDtZA
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 8, 2020
So did NBA fans on Twitter:
Kawhi said pic.twitter.com/dYTGJwRjsu
— Mike Guardabascio (@Guardabascio) September 8, 2020
Kawhi’s middle finger pic.twitter.com/YPFvBpuEMV
— Blac Kellerman (@Jayblac1615) September 8, 2020
The Kawhi Leonard block on Jamal Murray should be the new middle finger emoji 😂 pic.twitter.com/FDG5HkbuDT
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) September 8, 2020
Kawhi gotta change his logo pic.twitter.com/XO48xQ2gvl
— Dr. Guru 💯 (@DrGuru_) September 8, 2020
Kawhi's fingers: pic.twitter.com/mttR29puEJ
— SportsNation (@SportsNation) September 8, 2020
Stone Cold would approve of Kawhi's block 🍻 pic.twitter.com/UGMSjnFCmK
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 8, 2020
