This story appears in the May 6, 2019, issue of Sports Illustrated. For more great storytelling and in-depth analysis, subscribe to the magazine—and get up to 94% off the cover price. Click here for more.
Kawhi Leonard’s last-second dagger against the Sixers wasn’t just the biggest basket a Raptor has ever made. It was almost a new level of drama for the NBA: The first buzzer-beater to end a Game 7. We asked three NBA photographers who captured three different views of history on May 12 to tell us what they were thinking.