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Kawhi Leonard stole the ball ... from his own teammate

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By taking a look at the individual plays we can see a resurgence of some of the fundamental principles used by past Spurs teams.

This play begins with near perfect spacing. Three men on the right, Tony and LaMarcus on the left. With the Nuggets playing straight up, Tony and LaMarcus play a two man game to gain an advantage. (Notice that as the play progresses you can see Pau, Kawhi, and Danny back up to open the lane.) Tony probes left and then back right while allowing more space so LaMarcus can operate. With two little jabs LaMarcus convinces his man that he’s shooting, and uses all that space in front of him to go in for a monster dunk.