With Kawhi Leonard, the Raptors have a difference maker that gives them a chance to write a new story (michaelgrange)
There’s a new memory burned into every Raptors fans’ cerebral cortex for the next 18 years and likely much longer. A happy one.
“I didn’t have a really good angle on it,” said Kyle Lowry of Leonard’s shot “[Kawhi] got to his spot and shot it high enough to give it a chance, it bounced and it went in. For us it’s another step towards our goal.And for the first time in a week, maybe a lot more, it feels like everyone can relax.If the 2018-19 season is the biggest gamble in franchise history, going back to the trade that made Leonard a Raptor for at least one season, they have at least broken even.
No one was making more gritty plays than Lowry, whose contribution was much bigger than his 10 points, six assists and six rebounds would suggest. It seemed like every play he made was a big play. As only one example both Serge Ibaka – who was excellent off the bench — and Embiid ended up on the floor, holding their respective faces after being inadvertently smacked by Ben Simmons and Marc Gasol .
A Game 7 is revealing and in the hours before tip the principles didn’t try to mask it. No one dared to argue ‘it’s just another game’ because it wasn’t. “That’s a thing that interests me the most in regard to a team. It’s still is about the fabric of a team, and the character of a team, and the togetherness of a team to withstand or push forward.”
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