Kawhi Leonard talks about playing in a mask
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00:00Just basically just waiting to see if waiting for me to be able to talk really
00:05to open my mouth was the key determined to come back and also having something
00:11that could protect me, protect the injury while I'm out there playing.
00:18You know, those are just the thoughts of me coming back.
00:22Have you ever had to play in a protective mask before?
00:26Do you feel like that hindered you at all anyway, your vision or anything?
00:30My eyes are pretty much open, but I mean, it's a difference.
00:34I mean, you have someone in your face playing, you definitely notice it.
00:41You know, I just tried to just, you know, do the best I could out there.
00:46Didn't want to be a distraction to my teammates as far as my play,
00:49so just tried to bring energy and effort.
00:55We'll go over to Oum.
00:57Hey Kawhi, good to see you back.
00:59Was wondering, what did you see from how you guys played on Sunday
01:03to all of a sudden this turnaround of blowing teams out the last two games
01:06and how great you guys played today, moving the ball?
01:10The passing seemed really sharp and crisp.
01:14Sunday's game, it was terrible.
01:18It was nobody talking.
01:20Nobody was running back on defense.
01:22Nobody, you know, tried to get to the paint at all.
01:27Um, you know, they just played terrible, terrible basketball.
01:32And, you know, Dallas came out ready and, you know, they did their job.
01:37And, you know, the effort showed that night, that's how we lost by 50.
01:42And, you know, the last two games, we came out with effort, a little slow.
01:48The last game, the starters came out slow.
01:51Our pinch brought our energy and, you know, just from there,
01:56they picked it up.
01:57Pretty much tonight, we tried to come out and, you know,
02:01bring that energy, intensity and just communicate,
02:04share the ball and we ended up getting the win in the last two games.
02:10Thanks, Kawhi.
02:11We'll go over to Mira.
02:17Hey, Kawhi.
02:19First of all, did your teammates give you a hard time at all about the mask?
02:22And then also, Tyloo said that you kind of had to get your wind back
02:25a little bit after missing some games.
02:27Did you feel that out there?
02:30I mean, shit is hard to breathe in that mask.
02:34Yeah, so hopefully this could help me out in the future.
02:38But I mean, yeah, I mean, I get, you know, they start calling me
02:42leather face and stuff, but Serge can't talk too much.
02:45We got him on a trading block right now.
02:47So whoever wants him, let us know.
02:51We're trying to trade Serge.