Kawhi Leonard: Top 5 Performances By The Klaw As A Spur

#1 Kawhi Leonard scores Finals career high

Kawhi Leonard scores

Although this performance has the fewest number of points scored by Kawhi Leonard in this list, this is arguably some of the best basketball he has played in his career and undoubtedly his best game considering it was Game 3 of the 2014 NBA Finals. The former San Antonio Spurs forward finished the game with 29 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

In the past 35 years, only two other players younger than 23 years old have scored 29 or more points in an NBA Finals game: Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant. Both players won titles in the year they pulled the feat. (Magic dropped 42 in his epic series-clinching performance during his rookie year. Kobe went over 30 points twice in the Lakers’ 2001 Finals win over the Philadelphia 76ers).

Kawhi Leonard also passed James Worthy to become the youngest player in NBA Finals history to score at least 25 points on better than 75% shooting from the field, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Although Leonard finished the game with then career-high 29 points, the offense took a back seat to Leonard's defensive gem. He held LeBron James to series lows in 22 points and 14 field-goal attempts and forced him to commit seven turnovers. James had more giveaways (five) than makes (three) in the second half.

The San Antonio Spurs went onto win the game 111-92 and eventually the Finals in 5 games. Kawhi Leonard was the named the 2014 Finals MVP.