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Clemente Almanza

Player grades: Thunder escapes with critical 101-100 win over Clippers

With the final 21 seconds winding down, Kawhi Leonard had a chance to hit the game-winning basket. Trailing by one point, Leonard took the ball and let the fate of the game be decided by his hands.

Instead, what transpired was a 21-second defensive masterclass by Lu Dort, who shut down the opposition’s best player and forced a bad miss that wouldn’t have counted even if it had gone in. Leonard couldn’t shake Dort on the final possession of the game despite several screen attempts.

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