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Milwaukee Bucks' Meyers Leonard Explains Why It Appeared He Was Cheering After A Miami Heat Made Basket

Milwaukee Bucks center Meyers Leonard says he was calling for his teammates to go after a 2-for-1 possession
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Milwaukee Bucks' Meyers Leonard Explains Why It Appeared He Was Cheering After A Miami Heat Made Basket
Milwaukee Bucks' Meyers Leonard Explains Why It Appeared He Was Cheering After A Miami Heat Made Basket

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No, Milwaukee Bucks center Meyer Leonard was not cheering on his former team after a made basket in Game 4 

A strange video of Leonard circulated recently on social media that looked like he was cheering for the wrong team.

After Miami Heat forward Caleb Martin makes a 3-pointer, the video shows Leonard jumping from his seat on the Bucks bench with both arms raised. Meyers then sits back down in his seat.  

Leonard, a former Heat player, took to Twitter to explain late Tuesday night. He said, "Lol. Let's just go ahead and stop this narrative. I was signaling for a "33" to our team. It's a 2 for 1 situation to finish the quarter."

Meyers does make a great point. The play was late in the quarter. Just another confusion on the Internet. Go figure. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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