Forgive the plight of the weary sportswriter, but writing about Kawhi Leonard is difficult. There's rarely an obvious story when he goes full-Terminator on some unsuspecting playoff opponent. The first question after any legendary performance is "how did he do it?

Monday night featured a version of Kawhi Leonard that many doubted they would ever seen again. Leonard looked like a bona fide superstar as the Los Angeles Clippers took down the Denver Nuggets in a tight 105-102 win at Ball Arena.