The old saying by now is you don’t want to face Kawhi Leonard when he’s mad. Coming off a subpar performance in Friday’s win against the Clippers, that saying remained true as he helped lead the Spurs to a one-sided blowout of the young LA Lakers in a Sunday matinee to end the 2017 Rodeo Road Trip.
The Spurs opened the game with an alley-oop dunk from Tony Parker to Dewayne Dedmon. After the Lakers briefly took a 5-4 lead, the Spurs went on a 9-2 run and never looked back.