Something extremely rare happened in Game 5 between the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. There was an air balled dunk.
Sounds shocking right? Well it should be even more so since the player who air balled the dunk was Spurs All-Star Kawhi Leonard.
Leonard was wide open too but some just completely missed the dunk:
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Naturally, Twitter had a field day at Leonard's expense:
KAWHI so good on d he stopped his own dunk
— Zu (@zoohair95) May 10, 2017
Kawhi missing that wide open dunk is the proof of the "Ball don't lie thesis"
— Trevor Munoz (@TexasAgTM) May 10, 2017
How to airball a dunk, by Kawhi Leonard lol.
— zzwaaron (@zzwaaron) May 10, 2017




Kawhi just missed a point blank range dunk. 😶😶😶😶
— Lawrence Annunziata (@Lawcatchem) May 10, 2017
Kawhi Leonard missed an open dunk?!?!?! I thought my eyes were lying to me.
— Stefano Fusaro (@S_Fusaro) May 10, 2017
Air ball dunk by Kawhi 💀
— Marco (@nbaarchive) May 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ricky_Romero23/status/862104687146872833
How did Kawhi miss that dunk? pic.twitter.com/IYxvZXZzut
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) May 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/stamperpeyton15/status/862105703615483906