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Kawhi Leonard's Vicious Opening Dunk is a Metaphor for How Much The Spurs are Destroying the Thunder

This shit is an absolute crime scene out there.

This Spurs-Thunder game is an absolute crime scene. I mean, this shit should come with a trigger warning, so your kids don't see a live murder on national television. I was busy writing up something else, when I saw a commercial break, feeling like it was OK that the Spurs were up 43-20 at the half. Then I realized that it was the motherfucken first quarter. Lord h'mercy.

But perhaps nothing exemplifies just how ready the Spurs were to devour OKC's innards, Jurassic Park-style (especially given the prehistoric fossils that play under Pop), than the opening moment of the game. Young man Kawhi Leonard had the ball at the top of three point line, and absolutely ripped through basically all five of the Thunder's starters to dunk so hard that he nearly broke himself. He even left old timey villain-looking tall man Steven Adams reaching, wondering what went down. You could call it a metaphor—I dunno, maybe it's not technically a metaphor—but it certainly encapsulates all of the reign of terror the Spurs have inflicted on the Thunder so far. Vicious.

Halftime score is 73-40. Leonard is 8/10 from the field and holding down 20 points—LaMarcus Aldridge with 25. Fucken yikes.