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szdaily -> Sports -> 
Raptors cruise past Bucks to even series
    2019-05-23  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

KAWHI LEONARD is clearly not right.

The mysterious left leg injury he suffered in Game 3 visibly plagued him throughout Game 4. But it didn’t matter Tuesday.

The Toronto Raptors posted their most impressive performance of the Eastern Conference finals to secure a critical 120-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks to tie the series at 2-2 and avoid a trip to Milwaukee facing elimination.

They got a big game from Kyle Lowry. They got a big game from the bench. And they got a strong effort from Leonard, who powered through his leg injury to help ensure that the Raptors would keep pace in this series.

Leonard was visibly hobbled multiple times throughout the game with the undisclosed injury he suffered in Game 3, most notably after dunking on Giannis Antetokounmpo in the third quarter.

He took a pass from Marc Gasol at the top of the key and found a wide open lane. Antetokounmpo shifted to meet him at the rim, but it was too late as Leonard slammed the ball home.

He was in apparent pain when he landed after the physical play and came up clutching his leg. But he kept on playing. And he kept on making an impact on the game.

It wasn’t vintage Leonard. But the Raptors didn’t need a monster game from their superstar. They built a big enough lead in the fourth quarter to allow Leonard to leave to a standing ovation with 3:39 left having logged 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals in a dominant victory.

As expected, he didn’t expound much on the injury after the game, sticking to a stoic line of playoff jargon.

“I feel good,” Leonard told reporters. “I’ll keep going and keep fighting. We have a chance to make history. I mean it’s no excuses. We’re playing basketball and we got a win tonight.”

Head coach Nick Nurse also didn’t offer much detail.

Leonard was allowed his time to rest in the fourth quarter thanks in large part to the big effort from the three-man Raptors bench unit.

Norman Powell, Serge Ibaka and Fred VanVleet combined to score 48 points and outshine a Bucks reserve unit that tallied 23 points among six players.

The game was back-and-forth early on with both teams coming out hot in a first quarter Toronto led 32-31. But it was the Raptors reserves who sparked a 13-0 run that carried over from the first quarter and gave Toronto a 41-31 edge in the second quarter, which Milwaukee wouldn’t threaten for the rest of the game.

(SD-Agencies)

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