Leonard has 39 points, Raptors even up series with 101-96 win over Sixers
PHILADELPHIA — Kawhi Leonard swung right off a switch and launched a three-pointer over Sixers giant Joel Embiid that dropped just as the shot-clock buzzer sounded.
The steely-nerved superstar finally got some help from his Raptors teammates on Sunday, then drained the dagger three-pointer with 1:01 to play that lifted Toronto to a grind-it-out 101-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
Now the Raptors head back to Toronto for Tuesday’s Game 5 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference series all tied up at two wins apiece.
“They ended up switching,” Leonard said on his big shot. “Embiid is a good defender, long. So at the time I just looked up at the shot clock and tried to get as much space as possible and just took a shot and believed that it was going to go in. And it did.”