When the Toronto Raptors came out of their huddle with 4.2 seconds remaining in Game 7 of the 2019 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers, a franchise, a nation, and a tortured fan base held its collective breath
Seconds later, Kawhi Leonard would knock down one of the biggest shots in basketball history, author one of the greatest moments in Canadian sports history, and turn Raptors fans into believers.
Written & Narrated by: Joseph Casciaro (@JosephCasciaro | Twitter)
Produced & Edited by: Stephen Addante @stephenaddante | Instagram)
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15 Comments
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Kawhi is MilkCockCity Father
The dagger plus the championship, might be the acme point of Kawhi’s career. His knees are damn near dust
The Shot of the Decade
I literally got a dagger tat inspired by this moment
Kawhilight
I love that you used the TNT feed of "the shot". Kevin Harlan's "is this the dagger?" is an all time call
Bro really went to Canada, won them their first title and dipped with no hesitation..just legend type sht 😅
Kawahi went Kaioken x20 and got that second ring at the cost of his body
When I watched this game live, I thought Kawhi missed the shot at first 😂
You had to be their to really know how big that was.
dame has hit 2 ‘winner takes all’ shots in his playoff career
KD and Klay going down injured gave them the title not a shot in the Eastern Conference Finals. They were still taken to six games with KD and Klay out injured. Same as what happened in the 2015 Finals with Love and Kyrie going down and the same in the 2016 Finals when Draymond was suspended and Bogut went down injured. And Kawhi would tell you the same thing. If KD and Klay didn't get injured in the Finals the Raptors most likely would have lost. It's why Kawhi is huge about load management because he knows the healthiest team at the end of the run to a championship has a much higher probability of winning.
Imagine had Kawhi stayed in Toronto and Paul George decided to team up with him there instead…..
Will Lowry also stay and not take his talents to South Beach years later had Kawhi stayed?
Really loving this new editing style. The old style with the clips playin in TV's hindered the visibility a bit, this is much better ❤