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Kawhi went through live 5-on-5 contact and looked great feeling out his teammates.
โWe did a lot of contact, a lot of live 5-on-5. He did a great job of going out there and trying to feel out his teammates, when to attack, when to pass. I thought he was great today.โ
Kawhi cleared a notable ramp-up step but his Raptors debut waits until next week at the earliest.
โKawhi Leonard took an important step in his preseason ramp-up today, but don't expect him to make his Raptors (re-) debut until next week (at the earliest)โ
Kawhi was a full practice participant for the first time since camp began.
โThis was the first time that he was a full participant in practice since the start of training camp.โ
Barnes hurt his knee in the first 30 seconds but played on and expects to be OK.
โHe hurt his knee in the first 30 seconds of the game, so good sign that he was able to play through it for the rest of the half. He said it's still sore, getting treatment, but it'll be OK.โ
Barnes hurt his knee in the opening seconds but played through it and expects to be OK.
โBarnes told us he hurt his knee in the first 30 seconds of the game, so good sign that he was able to play through it for the rest of the half (7 of his 11 shots came at the rim). He said it's still sore, getting treatment, but it'll be OK (Raps don't play again till Saturday)โ
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