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Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard has been an undeniable monster in this year's playoffs, and he has the stats to back it up.
According to Jason Kubatko of Basketball Reference, Leonard has become just the fourth player in NBA history to log at least 700 points and 200 rebounds in a single postseason. The other three? Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, and LeBron James.
That's pretty incredible.
Throughout the playoffs, Leonard is averaging 30.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, four assists and 1.7 steals over 39 minutes per game while shooting 49.2 percent from the floor, 38.6 percent from three-point range and 88.5 percent from the free-throw line.
During the finals against the Golden State Warriors, he is registering 29.8 points, 10.6 boards, 4.4 assists, two steals and 1.2 blocks across 40.4 minutes a night while making 43.3 percent of his field-goal attempts, 37.8 percent of his long-distance tries and 91.1 percent of his foul shots.
Leonard had a phenomenal stretch during the fourth quarter of Game 5 on Monday night, scoring 10 straight points all on his own to give the Raptors a six-point lead with just over three minutes to play, putting Toronto in position to seal its first NBA championship.
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However, the Warriors responded with a 9-0 run to take a three-point edge of their own, a lead that they would never relinquish in what ended up being a 106-105 victory.
Still, that doesn't take away how magnificent Leonard was in the closing minutes.
Of course, Leonard already has a title and a Finals MVP under his belt from his run with the San Antonio Spurs back in 2014.
Game 6 of the finals will take place at Oracle Arena on Thursday night.
