It's nothing new though. They had zero fear factor about them in '11, '15 (were dominant down the stretch of the regular season) and '16, despite dominant regular seasons.
They had it from '12-'14 because of unprecedented team play/depth, but that was the exception to the rule. It generally comes from (super) star power. They have it in Leonard, but he's yet to have a dominant playoff run as the lead option and isn't the type that's liable to explode for 50 or make his teammates better through his play making. They also don't have a second player in his stratosphere.

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