LOS ANGELES -- Kawhi Leonard watched from the bench for nearly seven minutes Friday while teammates hammered away at his sliver of MVP candidacy during the San Antonio Spurs' 105-97 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Leonard certainly didn’t mind.
“No, it was fun,” he said.
That’s because in finally downing the Clippers -- a team that had already beaten San Antonio twice this season -- the Spurs discovered they don’t always have to lean solely on Leonard to prosper in the most trying of situations.
“It was one game, and less than a half, not even one game,” veteran guard Manu Ginobili said.