Obviously Game 3 in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors was important, given that the Raptors had split against Golden State at home, and Games 3 and 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks after Toronto went down 0-2 were significant, and yes, Game 7 against the Sixers was critical.
Meanwhile, Raptors not named Kawhi were struggling. Nick Nurse had basically abandoned playing his bench. Through three games Fred VanVleet and Norm Powell had scored 13 points — combined.His line — spectacular as it was — only says so much. Anytime someone puts up 39 points on 20 shots in a playoff game while finding the energy to grab 14 rebounds, you can say, ‘Hey, good game.’
Leonard has the ball on the left side of the floor, just over half, with seven second left on the shot clock. Sixers guard Ben Simmons is in a stance and trying to fit in Leonard’s shorts, likely because the then-Raptors wing was shooting 4-of-6 from three at that stage and better than 50 per cent from deep in the playoffs. He’d earned the attention.
The shot drops and the Raptors go up four. Some luck kicked in at that point, as Philly’s Tobias Harris misses a wide-open three on the next possession, which makes Leonard bricking a pair of free throws largely irrelevant. The Raptors win and tie the series, setting them up for their blowout win at home in Game 5 which gave them some semblance of control — even it did come down the wire in Game 7.
Raptors sixers michaelgrange Damn you! I haven’t seen it yet and NOW you spoiled it! Thanks a lot. 😝
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