NBA Finals 2014: Spurs scorch the nets in 111-92 Game 3 victory

Sure. They are. But at this point, they receive an undue level of credit. How about giving Kawhi himself the credit for being a determined defender, a fearless attacker, a whipsmart theft artist? It’s almost as if some believe Kawhi’s hands are sentient, that they run him and not vice versa.

But the more troubling issue when it comes to talking about Kawhi is the outsized credit the Spurs organization gets for his quick development and massive impact.

1. Nobody knows anything.

2. We’re probably going seven games, so we may as well enjoy the ups and downs, the mood swings and momentum shifts that seem to happen on a quarter-by-quarter basis. We may as well enjoy the complete and utter awesomeness of watching the two best teams in basketball at the height of their powers on the sport’s biggest stage.

Kawhi Leonard had a career-high 29 points in Game 3 of the NBA Finals -- not just a playoff career high, not just an NBA career high, he literally hadn’t scored that much since high school -- but Gregg Popovich had NO SYMPATHY:

Pop is the king of tough love. Even his congratulations look like they could be considered assault.

The Spurs had all the ball movement.

Game 4 is set for 9 p.m. Thursday in Miami and can be seen on ABC.

The Heat have been down by double-digits for pretty much all of Game 3, but Rowdy Dancing Heat Fan didn’t earn that name at birth by sitting in her seat and not dancing:

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The Heat started Game 3 in Miami shooting excellently. Threes were falling, LeBron James was hot and none of it mattered. Not even remotely. They might as well have saved all that basket-making because the Spurs shot over 90 percent from the field over the first 16 minutes of the game. That, according to the broadcast, is the best shooting first half in NBA Finals history.

Again: NINETY PERCENT from the field. 19 of 21 shots. 90 PERCENT. OOOOOXOOOOXOOOOOOOOOO. Only one qualified player in the NBA hit free throws that accurately during the regular season. That kind of shooting breaks the shot chart machine:

Rick Ross gave a strong look. Lenny Kravitz smoldered. Jimmy Buffett did ... this.

The man famous for that song they play at minor league baseball games had the camera on him for just a little too long during Game 3 on Tuesday night and things got a little weird.

San Antonio could not be stopped in the first quarter of Game 3.

Is there even context necessary? Is there even context to give? I’m chalking this up to South Beach’s cultural milieu and moving on.