Kawhi Leonard delivers on Toronto’s gamble – and exorcises the ghost of Vince Carter – with series-winning shot over 76ers Globe_Sports
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Mr. Leonard scored 41 points in the game, gradually whittling the Sixers down. Then he planted a last-second jumper that bounced off the rim four times, like a Plinko ball, before going in. He might’ve shown up anywhere from hurt or surly to active non-participant. Maybe all three. He might not have shown up at all. That was all possible.
As a result, a franchise that’s been around for a quarter century − most of that miserable trending toward embarrassing − is now an NBA big shot. Everybody in Philadelphia is getting fired. A once bright future has dimmed. People will fall out of love with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, two bright young things who sleepwalked through most of the series. The pain is just beginning.
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