With Clippers' season on the line, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George became the stars LA needed

The Clippers could have easily folded. With less than five minutes to go in the first quarter of Friday night's Game 3 against the Mavericks, Los Angeles was staring at a 19-point deficit. Luka Doncic was cooking. The American Airlines Center crowd was rocking. The Clippers were, well, "Clipping" as only they could, to the delight of critics everywhere.