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Raptors beat the buzzer for dramatic Game 7 win over Sixers

The Star | May 13, 2019

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These were not the Manchester Giants or the Birmingham Bullets or the London Towers. This was not the British Basketball League championship series.

Nor was it the D League playoffs and the Iowa Energy or Rio Grande Vipers, and Nick Nurse wasn’t a young kid trying to earn his coaching chops.

Kawhi Leonard had fans on their feet, driving past Phillyu2019s Jimmy Butler on the way to the hoop in Sundayu2019s Game 7.
Kawhi Leonard had fans on their feet, driving past Philly’s Jimmy Butler on the way to the hoop in Sunday’s Game 7.

But we are all products of the past. Life lessons learned all over the globe are part and parcel of what people become, and Raptors coach Nick Nurse wasn’t going to be overwhelmed by the moment on Sunday night.

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