Which makes the Clippers — who have outscored opponents by 7.5 points per 100 non-garbage-time possessions with Leonard on the court, according to Cleaning the Glass, a net rating that would trail only Oklahoma City, Cleveland and Boston over the course of the full season — pretty damn interesting coming down the home stretch.

James Harden has 29 points, Kawhi Leonard scores 27 and the Clippers catch fire in the third quarter of a 126-113 win, their ninth in the past 11 games.