After a back-and-forth seven-game battle between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors, it all came down to the last shot.
Good thing for the Raptors, they have a player named Kawhi Leonard who took care of business.
Leonard hit an incredibly difficult fadeaway jumped over the 76ers’ Joel Embiid as time expired to lift Toronto to a 92-90 Game 7 win. Their victory qualifies the Raptors for a date with the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals, with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line.
The Raptors hosted the 76ers in the series finale, and the game lived up to its billing. The two teams fought tooth and nail, with several lead changes occurring throughout the second half of the game.
After Embiid tied up the game at 90 after hitting two free throws with only 12 seconds left on the clock, it was clear the the Raptors wanted to get the ball to Leonard for a final shot.
He got it, he made it, and he sent his team on to the next round.
The Scotiabank Arena went berserk, as Toronto advanced to its second conference finals in franchise history.
There, the Raptors will have a tough task as they look to tame Giannis Antentokoumpo and the 1-seeded Bucks.
