Kawhi Leonard dominates in Toronto Raptors’ Game 1 victory over Philadelphia 76ers Globe_Sports
Leonard scored a new postseason career high 45 points on a wildly efficient 16-of-23 from the field, and added 11 rebounds — joining Vince Carter as the only Raptors to score 40-plus in a playoff game. Siakam pumped in 29 points on 12-of-15 shooting, and grabbed seven boards. Kyle Lowry added nine points and eight assists.“I’m just thinking of the next game,” said the straight-faced Leonard afterward. “Tomorrow, this is gonna be erased.”Toronto held Philadelphia’s star-studded team to 39.
The two clubs were meeting in the post-season for the first time since 2001. The Raps started a little slow defensively in the opening minutes. That’s when the Sixers made a mini run. With Lowry, Gasol and Green on the bench — Leonard some of that stretch too — Embiid was able to score a few, Harris and Simmons too. Philly pulled to within one.
“I thought the combination of Marc and Serge did a good job. [Embiid] was taking some tougher shots,” said Nurse. “I thought we had him picking up the ball a little further away than maybe he wanted a few times and then our team help was pretty good, too. I thought we were crowding the paint a little bit, making it look a little crowed in there for him so he wasn’t comfortable.”
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