Zaza Pachulia's play on Kawhi Leonard was reckless, whether he meant it or not This is a play that has been happening in the league for a long time. By Zito Madu @_Zeets May 15, 2017, 8:00am EDT ...

SAN ANTONIO — Zaza Pachulia can handle being the villain of the Western Conference finals. The Golden State Warriors big man would even understand if Kawhi Leonard were angry with him after the ...

Leonard hasn’t played since going down in the third quarter of Game 1, and is also listed as questionable for Game 4. If Pachulia plays, he’ll surely face a healthy dose of boos from the AT&T ...

Kawhi Leonard does not blame Golden State’s Zaza Pachulia for the injury that could keep prevent the Spurs star from playing in Game 2 — and possibly beyond — of the Western Conferernce finals.

San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard looks for room against Golden State Warriors' Zaza Pachulia during second half action of Game 1 in the Western Conference Finals held Sunday May 14, 2017 at Oracle ...

Kawhi Leonard on Zaza Pachulia: "Did he step under it? Like on purpose? No, he was contesting the shot. The shot clock was coming down." — Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) May 14, 2017.

Staff file photo Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on Monday morning went scorched earth on Zaza Pachulia after Kawhi Leonard re-injured his sprained ankle in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals ...

To most eyes, Zaza Pachulia committed a dirty play on Kawhi Leonard. Leonard does not agree, at least publicly. The momentum of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals totally shifted midway ...

After the game, Leonard insisted he did not feel like it was a dirty play from Pachulia and that he was just contesting the shot and happened to get underneath him. Kawhi told me he does not think ...

Leonard, who had 26 points and 8 rebounds at the time, left the game and would not return. The Spurs had a 21-point lead at the time of the injury; they would go on to lose the game, 113-111.

Kawhi Leonard may not believe Zaza Pachulia had any ill intent when he caused the San Antonio Spurs star to injure his ankle on Sunday, but Gregg Popovich has an entirely different opinion of the ...

Kawhi Leonard offered his thoughts on a new rule that would protect players against the sort of thing Zaza Pachulia did to him last spring.