Not only did we finally get 48 minutes of competitive basketball for the first time in this series, we got 53. And the Spurs came out on top in an overtime period that didn’t see a second of play from Kawhi Leonard, out nursing an ankle that was tweaked in the third quarter. Kawhi didn’t see the floor in the last eight minutes of the game.
While that’s great for fans of San Antonio in the moment, the injury to Kawhi’s ankle is a concern going forward. But on Tuesday night the team stepped up without their best player late in the game with a semi-vintage performance from Manu Ginobili and clutch play from Danny Green and Jonathon Simmons.