Kawhi Leonard Out At Least One Week With Right Foot Soreness
A do-or-die game easily billed as “Steph vs. Zion” is on the table, here- and if that happens, it could easily be enough of a cultural success for the league to validate whatever other junk occurred along the way.
The explosion of individual scoring has actually highlighted the importance of lineup cohesion. The surplus of scoring has made the most valuable players those who reconfigure the geometry and geography of the court, opening corridors of space on offense while bolting them shut on defense.
If Jamal Murray returns right, and nothing too drastic changes during this spell he’s forced to miss, they can pick up right where they left off: in the thick of a championship hunt they just might come out of on top.
It does not appear likely that Isaiah Thomas will be a vital cog on a winning team again, but knowing something and accepting it are two different things. The awareness that all athletic glory is inherently fleeting does make its passing any easier to bear.
