With Leonard not up to his usual standards, it fell to the rest of the Raptors to finally play like the team they had been all season
In a pivotal Game 5 in which he lost his formerly outrageous shooting touch, the guy who has been dominating these playoffs for the Toronto Raptors instead had to settle for the evening’s signature play, a soaring dunk over two Sixers that sent the home side into the half with a 21-point lead. Oh, and the other signature play, a dunk on top of large human Joel Embiid that served as a fine metaphor for the evening.
From almost the moment Leonard began playing for Toronto in the fall, it was evident that Masai Ujiri’s bet on him was one worth taking “They are a difficult team to guard in any circumstance,” Brown said after the game. “ they get it rolling here at home, it’s a difficult place to play.” The Philadelphia coach lamented the 19 turnovers that led to 31 Toronto points, some the result of quick Raptors hands, some from bizarre Sixers passes. “That is haunting,” Brown said.With Joel Embiid still ailing, and delivering his fourth sub-par game in the series, the Sixers now need to sort themselves out at home. It will not be easy.
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