Coming into the game, the headline was Kawhi Leonard’s return. Coming back to San Antonio for the first time in another team’s uniform, Leonard had the attention of a national TV audience with his Toronto Raptors in tow.
The matchup was one both fanbases looked forward to, with the AT&T Center crowd fired up and ready to boo and call names right from the jump.
Unfortunately for Leonard, the narrative quickly shifted to another scorned player.
Right from the outset of Thursday’s game, you could sense that Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan (feels weird to see it, right?