THIS Is The REAL REASON Why The Clippers Became UNSTOPPABLE

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Russell Westbrook straight up face guarded Luka on multiple possessions not allowing him to even get the ball.
Even James Harden stayed strong defensively with a great contest, and had no problem acknowledging his opponent on this tough shot.
Despite his 28 points, the Clippers actually held Luka to just 36.0% from the field, and the increased activity on defense is part of the secret for their 9 game winning streak, but the real reason will definitely shock you.
Another element to their success is this.
Ever since November 17th which is when the Clippers broke that infamous losing streak, James Harden has really found his place in the team, and you can see that with him on the floor the Clippers are +17 points, compared to -7 with him on the bench.
His box score stats during this 9 game winning streak are impressive as well. Look, this is basically a 20 and 10 performance, almost 50% from the field and 45% from downtown.
Harden was especially lethal from outside in the game against Indiana where he seemingly couldn’t miss and took us back to his MVP days in 2018
Heck, he even got Kawhi hyped.
But speaking of Leonard, this is where we get to the biggest reason for this massive explosion from the LA Clippers.
As astonishing as it is to say this, Kawhi Leonard has played in every single game this season, and says that he’s fully healthy for the first time in 6 years.
He played just 9 games in his final season with the Spurs.
The next season in Toronto you could literally see him limping and competing on 1 leg at times. Only 60 regular season matchups back then.
As he was taking his time to heal while on the Clippers, Leonard never played more than 57 games.
But this season, it’s already 27 out of 27, and boy does he look good.
The quickness and the sharpness in his moves is fully back. Not only that but also mentally, Kawhi looks decisive and in attack mode. And the numbers speak for themselves.
He has been phenomenal throughout the entire season just look at this.
29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 61% from the field and 50% from downtown.
Unstoppable 9 game stretch for him and there’s no doubt that he has been the catalyst to this winning streak.
But most importantly, he admitted that he’s finally feeling healthy and healed, for the first time in 6 years. He said:
It was years trying to get through that wall, I've been dealing with this right knee injury for a while, since 2016-17. Even going through the Raptors' run, that being my first year going so far [again] just put another toll on it.
Now, I feel good coming out of games, and I don't feel any [pain]. So, I just want to keep going, and that's my goal is just to stay healthy, and the rest will play itself out.
So all of a sudden now everything makes sense. Now you see the vision with Westbrook and Harden despite being past their prime. If you have Leonard playing healthy at this level, you take those aging superstars and all you need from them is to win you 1 game in a playoff round.
Kawhi and PG will take care of the rest.
Harden can easily have an explosion similar to the one against Indiana, even if it’s just once in about 10 days. He can be average for the rest of the way and it’s going to be enough for this team.
Russ can dominate the floor for 1 game and even if he’s unusable the next one, a healthy Kawhi and PG plus Harden and the supporting cast can take over and take this team very far.
Now out of nowhere the Clippers are fourth in the west, and it seems like things are only getting better for them. As long as they are healthy they can get blistering hot.
As hot as the Bulls are right now. They ran through the Lakers last night and seemingly cannot lose ever since Coby White took over the team. I made a video about him so check it out right here. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.