Kawhi Leonard got the ultimate shooter's roll and hit the first game-winning, buzzer-beating shot in the history of NBA playoff Game 7s.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORETORONTO — Kawhi Leonard isn’t emotionless. You just don’t see it from him often.
"Whenever it’s a moment that I haven’t really experienced, I probably try to give and show some emotion and let it just come out," Leonard said. "Tonight was one of those nights."— NBA TV May 13, 2019Leonard, who scored a game-high 41 points, watched the ball fall through the net in a baseball catcher’s crouch right in front of the Raptors bench.No matter how long you’ve been around, you’ve never seen it all.
Kawhi walks us through the final moments leading up to his incredible Game 7 game-winner! #NBAPlayoffspic.twitter.com/5iD1injLg1 Leonard isn’t a gunner or chucker. High-volume shooting is not part of his offensive repertoire. In his eight-year career, he has never taken more than 20 shots per game during the regular season and never more than 20 a game during the playoffs prior to this postseason.But Game 7 called for something different. It called for Leonard to take as many shots as necessary to get the Raptors past Philadelphia.
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