1. 3/8/20 vs Clippers
The second question has been asked from the moment Kawhi Leonard announced he was signing with the Clippers: who runs LA?
The rumors were flying all summer. Would Kawhi re-sign with the city he led to a title in Toronto, or would he move home to LA? And if he chose LA, would he team up with AD and LeBron on the Lakers to create possibly the greatest Big Three in recent memory?
Of course, Leonard would team up with Paul George in the red and blue, and the NBA had a new heavyweight rivalry on its hands.
Having lost the previous two games against the Clippers, the pressure was on for LeBron and co. to deliver and swing bragging rights back over to the Laker faithful. Leonard may have had 27 points, but LeBron shut him down in almost every other area of the game.
Kawhi would only add two rebounds to the stat sheet as LeBron James dogged him all night long. James would finish with 29 points, eight rebounds and eight assists on the offensive end as the Lakers pulled out a much-needed win against their hometown rivals.