The gosh-danged ball hit the rim, then the buzzer went, then the buzzer stopped and then the ball hit the rim for the fourth time and then the ball went in the basket and, I swear, I have never seen anything like that in my life.Un-freaking-real.They´ll be talking about that for time immemorial around these parts, The Kawhi Shot that ended a wonderful game of some of the best defence I´ve seen in the building, an exhilarating, emotional, close game that is now the gold standard for Raptors playoff games.No one could make a shot because the other guys wouldn´t let them, long arms and big, quick bodies everywhere; totally delightful and draining.I don´t remember how loud it got during Vince´s 50 point game 18 years ago but I do remember how loud it got in Game 7 against Brooklyn and Game 7 against Indiana and Game 7 against Miami and I am dead sure it´s never been louder and never been as loud for a sustained time like it was last night.The gosh-danged ball hit the rim, then the buzzer went, then the buzzer stopped and then ball hit the rim for the fourth time and the ball went in the basket and, I swear, I have never seen anything like that in my life.I´m not sure any of us could have truly done the game justice with our typing, not Bruce, not Dave and not me but we tried to do the impossible. Hope you´re okay with that.And to wrap up the zany night and the crazy series, there´s this before we start thinking about Milwaukee.-THREE POINTERS-Coming up bigSure, it bugged Serge Ibaka that he hadn´t played particularly or shot the ball particularly well and it ate at him and he did something about it.Played big and played hard and the offensive rebound of a Leonard miss with 38 seconds left may not have won the game but it saved a possession and allowed the Raptors to eat up another few valuable seconds of clock in what was a three-point game.It was his fourth offensive rebound -he´d have four on the defensive end, too - and tossed in with his 17 points off the bench, ...
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