Clippers star worked tirelessly behind the scenes to return to the dominant form he displayed in a Game 2 win to even the playoff series with Denver.

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?

The Los Angeles Clippers were on the verge of falling down to 0-2 in their series against Denver, and Kawhi Leonard made sure that this did not happen.