It gets easier every season to hand out moral victories, especially when you’re a blog focusing on (and cheering for, let’s be honest) a single team. That said, if there was a textbook definition for “moral victory” in one of those textbooks with pictures in the margins, there’d be a photo from tonight of Kawhi Leonard getting triple teamed at the top of the free throw line.
The Raptors absolutely played their butts off on Monday at the Staples Center, facing their former Finals MVP teammate Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers for the first time this season.