On one-year anniversary of Kawhi Leonard's 'The Shot,' Raptors fans react on social media

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On one-year anniversary of Kawhi Leonard's 'The Shot,' Raptors fans react on social media image

The sports world looked a lot different one year ago today.

Of course, the biggest difference was that sports were actually taking place. Beyond that, Kawhi Leonard was still a member of the Toronto Raptors and the team from up north was still without an NBA championship.

Little did we know that one year later, all three of those things would have changed. 

On May 12, 2019, Leonard hit "The Shot" to send Toronto to the Eastern Conference finals over the Philadelphia 76ers. It was arguably the greatest moment in Raptors franchise history — until about two weeks later, that is, when the team defeated the Golden State Warriors to lift their first-ever Larry O'Brien trophy. 

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Raptors nation took to social media on Tuesday to relive the legendary moment, which was also the first and only Game 7 buzzer-beater in NBA playoff history.

The team posted a goosebumps-inducing video on their official Twitter account.

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Sam Jarden joined Sporting News as an intern in 2020 and returned as a content producer in 2022. In between, he spent a year and a half at Turner Sports, managing the social media accounts for Bleacher Report, NBA on TNT, NBA TV and others. A proud UNC alumnus, he spends his free time following the Tar Heels, Buffalo Bills and Newcastle United FC, and has been known to occasionally hit the links.