By the time we had reached Game 6 of the last two series, we more or less knew what the Toronto Raptors were up against.
In the 76ers series, size and defence had humbled the Raptors into a one-man show. Kawhi Leonard and three other supporting performers were all Toronto needed to get wins in that series, and Leonard finally shut the door on Philadelphia with the biggest shot in franchise history. In the Bucks series, the Raptors figured out how to rattle their opponent’s role players, syncing their defence to be even more precise and having some of their own bench guys (Fred Sr.