The last time we saw Kawhi Leonard on a basketball court he was literally on the basketball court with lots of blood gushing from his mouth after he collided with teammate Serge Ibaka.
It was a scary scene for the Clippers star, who needed eight stitches to close up the laceration and missed two games because of the injury that he suffered in the Christmas Day game against the Nuggets.
Well, Leonard returned to action Wednesday night at home against the Portland Trail Blazers and he did so wearing a new mask to protect his face from more harm.
Check out Leonard’s new look:
Behold, Masked Kawhi pic.twitter.com/JAH75Kb0ie
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) December 31, 2020
Masked Kawhi has the Clippers rolling! 💥
LA is on a 9-0 run in the 1st QTR. pic.twitter.com/0Me9Px48NI
— NBA TV (@NBATV) December 31, 2020
Leonard’s health and safety of course the main things here but we can still have some fun with his mask, which many NBA fans did:
me: I want a Rip Hamilton mask
mom: we have a Rip Hamilton mask at home
the Rip Hamilton mask at home: pic.twitter.com/N0Ge8vmQrz
— SB Nation (@SBNation) December 31, 2020
— grit (@GRITknox) December 31, 2020
I would absolutely believe Kawhi made this himself pic.twitter.com/LTYwn7CC3K
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) December 31, 2020
Add his laugh to this https://t.co/1MQhRQqqZS
— THT fan (@ChrisHs22) December 31, 2020
If Kawhi was a mask…this is it https://t.co/jsMYsY1F0L
— deevo (@DevinChavanne) December 31, 2020
Wait is this… https://t.co/hhVFaCWYGF pic.twitter.com/zQGUXMF9bR
— Eddie O (@SquadNation619) December 31, 2020
Even his mask emotionless lmaooooooooooooooooo wtf https://t.co/5q9oclYVz1
— #LEES5Share (@freshlee_back) December 31, 2020
This looks like the people that want you to think they are following covid protocols, but are actually wearing something completely useless. https://t.co/j2OVoVVdHm
— Brandon O'Connor (@Brandon_OC14) December 31, 2020
Is that Hannibal? https://t.co/TfktkgQYiZ
— Aneil (@realdealAneil) December 31, 2020
Just wear a mouth guard bro wyd 😠https://t.co/5ET7tpMLFB
— Young Slime (@youngslimesims) December 31, 2020
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Kawhi looks like he just escaped a mental hospital https://t.co/U21x8Jqb1H
— Jaredâ„¢ (@JaredxOG) December 31, 2020