{"id":386931,"date":"2014-06-16T08:53:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T13:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=386931"},"modified":"2020-03-28T11:26:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:26:19","slug":"kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicks On Court: Kawhi Leonard Wins Finals MVP in Air Jordan XX8 SE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kawhi Leonard<\/strong> has a dream job, but does anyone actually dream of guarding LeBron James in the NBA Finals? The humble hooper rose to the occasion on both ends of the floor over the course of the series, containing the best player in basketball and leading the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth NBA Championship. Kawhi’s prolific play earned him NBA Finals MVP honors, capping off his impressive first official season with Jordan Brand in the Air Jordan XX8 SE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While the Miami Heat ultimately took the L, their kicks remained on point. LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade all rocked PEs in the final game of the Finals, while their winning rivals remained in the models that got them there. See who wore what in last night’s Game 5 action in the photos below and thanks for tuning into Kicks On Court<\/em><\/a> all season.<\/p>\n Kawhi Leonard brings the ball up in the Air Jordan XX8 SE\n Kawhi Leonard throws down in the Air Jordan XX8 SE\n Kawhi Leonard defends in the Air Jordan XX8 SE\n Kawhi Leonard attacks the rim in the Air Jordan XX8 SE\n

<\/p>\n LeBron James in a Nike Zoom Soldier VII PE\n Chris Bosh in a Red\/Gold Nike Air Max Hyperposite PE\n Tim Duncan dribbles in the adidas Crazyquick\n Tony Parker in the PEAK Team Lightning and Matt Bonner in the adidas Crazy 8\n Shane Battier in the PEAK Battier 8 PE\n

<\/p>\n Boris Diaw in the Nike Air Max Hyper Aggressor and Michael Beasley in the Li-Ning Way of Wade Encore 2\n Chris Andersen in the Nike LeBron X and Tiago Splitter in a “Finals” Nike Hyperdunk 2013 PE\n Danny Green drives in the Nike Air Zoom Flight The Glove\n Dwyane Wade passes in a Li-Ning Way of Wade 2 PE\n Udonis Haslem pulls up in a Li-Ning PE\n

<\/p>\n Manu Ginobili runs back in a Nike LeBron 11 PE\n Norris Cole draws contact in a “Finals” Nike Hyperdunk 2013 PE\n Patty Mills lays it up in the Nike Zoom Crusader\n Ray Allen dribbles in a “Finals” Air Jordan XX8 SE PE\n

Photos via Zimbio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kawhi Leonard has a dream job, but does anyone actually dream of guarding LeBron James in the NBA Finals? The humble hooper rose to the occasion on both ends of the floor over the course of the series, containing the best player in basketball and leading the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth NBA Championship. Kawhi’s prolific play earned him NBA Finals MVP honors, capping off his impressive first official season with Jordan Brand in the Air Jordan XX8 SE.<\/p>\n

While the Miami Heat ultimately took the L, their kicks remained on point. LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade all rocked PEs in the final game of the Finals, while their winning rivals remained in the models that got them there. See who wore what in last night’s Game 5 action in the photos below and thanks for tuning into Kicks On Court all season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2415,"featured_media":386982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835],"tags":[1215081,1208315,1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKicks On Court: Kawhi Leonard Wins Finals MVP in Air Jordan XX8 SE | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kawhi Leonard won NBA Finals MVP in the AIr Jordan XX8 SE.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kicks On Court: Kawhi Leonard Wins Finals MVP in Air Jordan XX8 SE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kawhi Leonard won NBA Finals MVP in the AIr Jordan XX8 SE.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Snkrs Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NiceKicks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-16T13:53:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-28T15:26:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/kicks-on-court-finals1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"745\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"482\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Stonebrook\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Stonebrook\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ItemPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/\",\"name\":\"Kicks On Court: Kawhi Leonard Wins Finals MVP in Air Jordan XX8 SE | Snkrs Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/kicks-on-court-finals1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-16T13:53:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-28T15:26:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"Kawhi Leonard won NBA Finals MVP in the AIr Jordan XX8 SE.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/kicks-on-court-finals1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/06\/kicks-on-court-finals1.jpg\",\"width\":745,\"height\":482},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kicks-court-kawhi-leonard-wins-finals-mvp-air-jordan-xx8-se\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kicks On Court\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\",\"description\":\"Sneakers News. 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