Kawhi Leonard Gets Honest About Failed Last Possession vs. Jazz

The LA Clippers fell to the Utah Jazz on Friday night

The LA Clippers fell to the Utah Jazz on Friday night, but they had an opportunity to win the game on their final possession. Down two points with 24 seconds remaining, the Clippers chose not to call a timeout, playing through Kawhi Leonard for one final shot. Dribbling the clock down to five seconds, Leonard put up a three for the lead that bounced off the iron into the hands of Russell Westbrook who missed his fallaway jumper that would've sent the game to overtime.

There was a lot that went wrong for the Clippers on that play, starting with Leonard's inability to score on Jordan Clarkson. When asked after the game about the execution on that play, Leonard got honest and said, "We had a shot, it just didn't go down. If we make the shot we wouldn't be talking about execution."

The Clippers had two shots in the final seconds, one being Leonard's missed three, and the other being Westbrook's missed two. Neither were clean looks, as Leonard had Clarkson all over him, and Westbrook was falling away at the buzzer. While that final possession has received a lot of attention, it was ultimately what transpired throughout the game's entirety that had the Clippers in that position against a Jazz team they expect to be much better than this season.

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