Fun Fact #1: The Spurs scored 105.6 points per game in the NBA Finals, the highest since the LA Lakers in 2002.
Fun Fact #2: With their fifth title, the Spurs are only the fourth team with at least five championships.
Fun Fact #3: The Spurs set a record for biggest point differential for an NBA Finals (70 points). This surpassed the 1965 Boston Celtics.
Fun Fact #4: The Spurs set a record for the biggest point differential for an entire postseason by outscoring their opponents by 214 points.

Never has a team been able to run so deep. Few teams have a great sixth man to keep a unit going when a star needs some rest. Even fewer can go eight or nine deep and not lose a step. The Spurs have been run by a consistent point guard in look here as to why I hope this nickname sticks. Leonard showed up big when pushed by Popovich and he's here to stay. Leonard may not be a role player much longer, but over the past three years, his role has been learning to take over the team and that's just what he did in Games 3 through 5 against the Heat.

There are some parallels from the 1999 championship team to the 2014 championship team. There was a torch passing from the legend of David Robinson to the kid in Tim Duncan in 1999 and now that kid is a legend himself with five rings of his own. 2014 may proved to be another passing of the torch from Duncan to another "kid" in Leonard. If his performance against the Heat is any indication, he's ready for it too.

Despite being named MVP of the Finals (he was the best choice among a myriad of contributors of the Spurs), Leonard struggled in Games 1 and 2 of the Finals. He averaged only nine points between the two games and got into foul trouble as well, gaining some time on the bench. But Popovich got a hold of the young player and apparently pushed the right buttons.

From Games 3 through 5, Leonard was the catalyst for the Spurs, averaging nearly 24 points a game and shooting over 68% from the field. Leonard had never put together a string of three straight games with 20 or more points each until the Finals and had only one back-to-back set of games of 20 or more points in his career up to this point. He says the right things and does the right things; if this wasn't a coming out party for Leonard, than I don't know what is.

Best Series: 17.8 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 61.2% FG, +/- 12.4 per game
Best Game: Game 4 vs. Heat - 20 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 58.3% FG, +/- 23

We've seen Leonard go from learning to taking over the team. We saw Boris Diaw resurrect his career with the Spurs. And there can never be too many sharpshooting guards for Popovich's system. Parker and Duncan are the glue of this team, but without the right role players this year, they may have never lifted another Larry O'Brian trophy.