Kawhi: I don't think Zaza meant to injure me

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    San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard reinjured his left ankle Sunday during the second half of the Spurs' 113-111 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

    He is expected to undergo an MRI.

    "I don't know. The game just ended," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said when asked about the injury postgame. "I don't know what Kawhi's status is. I know he got his foot stepped on again. So he hurt the same foot."

    The left ankle injury originally kept Leonard out of the Spurs' clinching Game 6 victory over the Houston Rockets in their Western Conference semifinal series.

    Then the forward tweaked the injury Sunday twice in a span of approximately five minutes; he stepped on the foot of teammate David Lee and then landed on the foot of Warriors center Zaza Pachulia, going down for the game.

    "Just very painful," Leonard said. "I tweaked it before, the last shot I shot. But it's hard to tell right now. I definitely couldn't go in that third quarter, with six minutes left."

    After taking a corner jumper, Leonard took a spill near the Spurs bench after landing on Pachulia's foot with 7:54 left in the third quarter and San Antonio leading 76-55. Pachulia was whistled for a foul, and Leonard knocked down the ensuing free throws.

    Leonard appeared to signal to the bench that he needed to leave the game in between his two foul shots. After Leonard connected on the free throws, Spurs athletic trainer Will Sevening walked onto the court, put an arm around the forward and escorted him to the locker room.

    - See more at: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19383725/san-antonio-spurs-kawhi-leonard-game-1-ankle-injury
     

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