The Los Angeles Clippers sit at 5-16, their season spiraling despite Kawhi Leonard delivering some of his best basketball. The team has dropped three straight games , with losses to the Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, and Miami Heats revealing problems far deeper than one superstar can solve.

Over his last three games , Leonard averaged 35 points on 57 percent shooting. He dropped 39 against Memphis, 30 against Dallas, and 36 against Miami. “He's a +15 in these games, yet the Clippers have lost them all,” Joey Linn of Sports Illustrated highlighted the paradox.

Leonard torched Memphis for 39 points on 15-of-24 shooting in just 29 minutes, yet the Clippers blew a hot start and collapsed in the second half. Against Dallas the following night, his 30-point effort couldn't overc

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