Kawhi Leonard enjoyed double happiness on Wednesday. First, he received his 2019 NBA Championship ring from the Toronto Raptors; second, he led the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to an easy win of 112-92 at the Scotiabank Arena.

Though Leonard only played one season with the Raptors, he earned respect and love from both the team and the fans. Not only did the Raptors play a tribute video that contained Leonard's last season highlights, Raptor fans – for a total of 38 seconds – chanted "MVP" for the guy who led their team to win the first NBA championship in franchise history.

Having received the ring from Kyle Lowry, Leonard acted like he was about to shed tears before replacing it with laughter. As a guy who's been known for behaving like a robot, Leonard's move was quite amusing to every on the scene.

The heart-warming ceremony was followed by an all-out-effort contest. The Raptors knew too well not to let anyone face Leonard alone defensively, hence trapping him was inevitable. With the incredible defensive resources of the Raptors, such tactics should have worked if the Clippers did not have so many players who could handle the ball.

Whenever Leonard was double teamed or triple teamed, his teammates were often able to move to the correct location where they could receive the ball from him and relaunch the offense again. While their opponents invested too much attention in Leonard, the rest of Clippers got enough easy scoring opportunities and took them.

There was a very interesting contrast to Leonard in Wednesday's game: The Raptor's Pascal Siakam. The 25-year-forward has so far delivered an amazing performance by averaging 24.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. He can also bury 2.3 3-pointers at a rate of 36.4 percent. Many expect him to take over Toronto's leadership from Leonard.

Nonetheless, Wednesday's loss showed Siakam how much he still had to work on to catch up with Leonard. When he was trapped, he clearly wanted to work with teammates but Siakam's passing was not good enough to beat the Clippers' defense. Moreover, without the orchestrating of Fred VanVleet, Siakam was having a hard time finding his target offensively. Decision-making tops Siakam's improvement agenda.

However, it was not all good news for the Clippers either. Paul George played 33 minutes, the most out of the team, but only made three of his 14 shots to get 13 points. Moreover, 12 of his attempts were from the 3-point line. No wonder many joked that today's George plays like nothing but an off-ball shooter for Leonard – coach Doc Rivers must help him and Leonard build chemistry, which so far isn't looking good.

James' triple-double puts Lakers on another win-streak

The Los Angeles Lakers claimed their fifth straight victory as they defeated the Orlando Magic 96-87 at the Amway Center. Anthony Davis who put down 50 points in his last game struggled to make only six out of 20 attempts to get 12 points. Fortunately for the purple and gold, LeBron James stood out with a triple-double of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

Though the Magic were playing at home, about one third of the fans attended the game wearing James' No. 23 jersey. On the flip side, there's one player who may never feel welcomed at the Amway Center: Dwight Howard. The 34-year-old former Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) built his reputation in the Magic but had a fallout with the team and the fans when he requested to leave. Judging by what happened on Wednesday, neither seemed to have forgiven him yet.

In the fourth quarter, Howard was fouled by Mohamed Bamba and immediately pushed the young center. Enraged by Howard's move, Orlando's players surrounded him and almost had a fight with their LA counterparts. In the end, Lakers' Jared Dudley and Magic's Wesley Iwundu were ejected; Howard received a technical foul. When Howard was shooting free throws, home fans booed him and cheered for his missed shots.

"I think it takes everybody a while to get over things, but time should heal wounds, and if not, got to let that sh*t go. That's how – I'm sorry – that's how I look at it. I've let a lot of things go in my heart, things that have kind of held me down. Things that I had towards the Magic and just how the situation ended. How I was treated by the fans and stuff like that. But I had to let that bitterness go. There's no need to hold on to it. When I let it go, it just made my life a lot better. Just more free," said Howard before the game.

Other games on Wednesday included (home teams in bold):

Boston Celtics 117-122 Indiana Pacers

Charlotte Hornets 113-108 Brooklyn Nets

Atlanta Hawks 102-136 Chicago Bulls

Utah Jazz 127-116 Minnesota Timberwolves

Memphis Grizzlies 115-108 Phoenix Suns

New Orleans Pelicans 112-127 Milwaukee Bucks

Oklahoma City Thunder 93-94 Sacramento Kings

New York Knicks 124-122 Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets 116-110 Cleveland Cavaliers