Forgive the plight of the weary sportswriter, but writing about Kawhi Leonard is difficult. There's rarely an obvious story when he goes full-Terminator on some unsuspecting playoff opponent. The first question after any legendary performance is "how did he do it?

Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points on 15-of-19 shooting as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets 105-102 on Monday to level their Western Conference first-round playoff series at one win apiece.

Kawhi Leonard is a playoff hero once again. The future Hall of Famer was unstoppable and led his Los Angeles Clippers to a 105-102 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their first-round series on Monday at Ball Arena. The series is now tied at one game apiece after the Nuggets won Game 1 in overtime.