There were wild scenes in San Antonio when Spurs coach Gregg Popovich grabbed the arena microphone to tell his team’s fans to stop booing Clippers star Kawhi Leonard.
Leonard previously played for the Spurs before requesting a trade back in 2018, and San Antonio fans clearly haven’t forgiven the superstar forward.
Leonard was booed on nearly every possession during the first half of the Clippers match up with the Spurs, which forced Popovich to call out the fans inside San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center while Leonard was attempting free throws.
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“Excuse me for a second, can we stop all the booing and let these guys play,” Popovich said to the stunned crowd.
“It’s no class and that’s not who we are. Knock off the booing.”
The announcement was met with a mixed reaction from the fans, with many cheering the coach while quite a few booed even louder.
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AUSSIE JOE SHINES AS MAGIC UPSET DEFENDING CHAMPS
A day after fooling several defenders with a savvy move in Orlando’s big win over the Raptors, Joe Ingles and the in-form Magic were back at it again, this time with the much stiffer assignment of the defending champion Denver Nuggets.
Ingles has had quite the impact as a veteran presence for this young Magic team in more ways than one. Against the Nuggets, he was going to have to contribute heavily off the bench for Orlando to stick with them.
He certainly did that, scoring 12 points on a perfect 4/4 shooting to go with seven assists as the Magic mounted a fourth-quarter comeback to down the Nuggets 124-119.
Showing off a range of silky smooth skills, pinpoint passing and stout defence, Ingles did it all, recording a team high plus/minus of 9.
Ingles now has a plus/minus figure of 75 for the season, which puts him in the top 30 in the league in that category. That’s pretty good going considering his limited minutes off the bench.
Denver’s star big Nikola Jokic was keen to redeem himself after getting ejected in the Nuggets last game, and he did that with a huge 30-point triple double.
The Magic were down by nine points in the fourth quarter, but were able to rally and record their tenth win of the season.
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