{"id":654718,"date":"2026-03-12T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/654718\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:50:31","slug":"kawhi-leonard-reacts-to-clippers-vs-timberwolves-postgame-scuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/654718\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard reacts to Clippers vs. Timberwolves postgame scuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kawhi Leonard logged 45 points, five rebounds, five assists and one hilarious reaction to a postgame dust-up at Intuit Dome on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Just moments after Los Angeles beat up the Timberwolves, 153-128, in Inglewood, a skirmish between the two teams broke out \u2014 and Leonard\u2019s funny response to it all was captured on broadcast cameras.<\/p>\n<p>After showing love to one of his opponents, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/16\/sports\/aspiration-drama-has-followed-kawhi-leonard-and-clippers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leonard looked to his left<\/a> at the chaos, and calmly said, \u201cHey, a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old, known for his stoicism, then cracked a rare smile.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78397213;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38757177\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kawhi-leonards-reaction-postgame-clippers-123390297.png\" alt=\"A basketball game fight between the Clippers and Timberwolves, with players and officials tangled up.\" class=\"wp-image-38757177\"  \/>The Timberwolves and Clippers got in a scuffle following their game at Intuit Dome on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The clip sent social media into a frenzy, with some of the videos garnering hundreds of thousands of views.<\/p>\n<p>The scuffle ended up being much ado about nothing \u2014 it was broken up just seconds after it started, and it\u2019s still unclear why it even happened, though many believe frustration over Leonard\u2019s 15-of-20 shooting night played some kind of role.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38757180\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-123363329.jpg\" alt=\"Kawhi Leonard dribbles the ball during the Clippers game against the Timberwolves.\" class=\"wp-image-38757180\"  \/>Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points on 15-of-20 shooting in the win over the Timberwolves. He added five rebounds and five assists as well. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Edwards on Kawhi Leonard:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all honesty, Kawhi may be one of the best players to ever play the game when he\u2019s healthy. I think a lot of his peers feel the same way about him. When he\u2019s 100%, ain\u2019t no stopping Kawhi\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WXD7reOjsy\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/WXD7reOjsy<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X0qqbmowY8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/X0qqbmowY8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Courtside (@NBA__Courtside) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA__Courtside\/status\/2032037594549072263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all honesty,\u201d Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards admitted after the game, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/29\/sports\/kawhi-leonard-irked-by-clippers-wet-celebration-after-55-point-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhi may be one of the best players<\/a> to ever play the game when he\u2019s healthy. I think a lot of his peers feel the same way about him. If he\u2019s healthy, 100 percent, ain\u2019t no stopping Kawhi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers have now won six of their last seven games thanks in large part to Leonard. They\u2019ll return to the floor next as favorites in their Friday night home matchup with the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard logged 45 points, five rebounds, five assists and one hilarious reaction to a postgame dust-up at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,160,559,529,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-654718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-clippers","11":"tag-kawhi-leonard","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-clippers","14":"tag-laclippers","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangelesclippers","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116217243681716818","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}