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As curious as he naturally was, given the decades he has invested as the Los Angeles Clippers’ foremost fan, Billy Crystal restricted himself to one text message to Clippers Coach Doc Rivers at the start of the Kawhi Leonard Sweepstakes.

“All I wrote was, ‘Fingers crossed,’” Crystal said.

“Mine, too,” Rivers replied.

For the next week, Crystal was just like rest of us — nervously waiting for definitive word and overanalyzing the few clues that dribbled out about the three-team Leonard chase. He stared in disbelief at the notifications piling up on his phone late Friday night in Los Angeles that the Clippers were getting not just Kawhi but also Paul George.

“My head is spinning,” Crystal said. “I had a feeling it was going to be us, but this is pretty overwhelming that it’s going to be the two of them. It’s sort of beyond description for us.”