After a costly late turnover in Game 1, Leonard was nearly perfect on Monday with 39 points on 15-of-19 shooting.

Typically, Kawhi Leonard said after Game 4 Saturday at Intuit Dome, the four and five seeds in NBA playoff matchups are equal in many ways.That appears to very much be the case in the fifth-seeded Clippers' first-round series against the fourth-seeded Denver Nuggets.

The Clippers watched Kawhi Leonard go off on the Nuggets, shooting 78%. Now one Denver defender believes he can throw him off.