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#2 Kawhi Leonard leads the Spurs to the NBA title with a Game 3 classic:
Kawhi Leonard had a breakout during his 2013-14 NBA regular season but became a crucial part of the team in their postseason, averaging 32 minutes a game in the title-winning run of the San Antonio Spurs but nobody had imagined that Kawhi would end up winning the NBA Finals MVP.
It all began in the Game 3 of the 2014 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, where Kawhi Leonard just went off after 2 underwhelming games where he could only muster 9 points each. He returned with a bang, scoring 29 points, grabbing 4 rebounds, along with 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.
He played some of the best basketball of his young career and set plenty of records that night, joining only Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant: Only 2 players younger than 23 years old have scored 29 or more points in an NBA Finals game, with Kawhi Leonard being the third.
Leonard also shot a ridiculous 76.9% from the field and continued his superb run of form into Game 4 and 5 of the NBA finals as well, winning a really unlikely NBA Finals MVP and bursting onto the stage.
