Kawhi Leonard loves basketball more than the rest of us, and I have the proof. Saturday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, with the score knotted at 83-all, Kawhi had the ball in his hands with 15 seconds left on the clock. You or I might have decided to end the game right there, preserving the Spurs’ chase for the no. 1 seed in the Western Conference and avoiding a second straight overtime game. But Kawhi is different. He loves basketball, and he wanted to play an extra five minutes. So instead of rising up over Andrew Wiggins and winning the game, Kawhi hesitated just long enough that the horn sounded before the 17 footer left his fingers.
Spurs turn losses into wins, one OT game at a time
