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Kawhi Leonard's long, strange year has Clippers where they want to be

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Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points on 15 -for-19 shooting in the Clippers ' 105-102 victory over Denver in Game 2 of their Western Conference first -round series.

On Monday , Leonard became just the fifth player in league history to record four playoff games of at least 30 points on at least 75% shooting.

He remains when available to play one of the best players in the league at 33 years old .

Kawhi Leonard averaged 25.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.1 steals .

In the final five weeks of the regular season, the Clippers were 18-3 , sharing the best record with Oklahoma City and Boston during that stretch.

In those 21 games, Clippers had the No. 1 offense, No. 4 defense and No.1 net rating scoring 122.2 points.

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