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1. NBA TV Live Stream While red confetti fell and the streets outside Scotiabank Arena became delirious with joy, Kawhi Leonard and Giannis Antetokounmpo came together at mid-court, surrounded by photographers and media to share a quiet congratulatory word. NBA TV Live Stream In the space of seven months, the questions surrounding their names vanished as they went toe-to-toe in an enthralling battle to see who would move on to what would be a historic NBA Finals appearance for their respective franchise. The Bucks would take two of the three matchups where both All-Stars would suit up, whetting the appetite for a collision course in the playoffs for the Eastern Conferences two best teams. For Leonard, the questions entering the season would follow his every footstep, as doubt lingered as to whether he would again reach his Finals MVP

2. level play of 2014 after appearing just nine times in a tumultuous final season in San Antonio. The regular season would follow a distinctly different path for Leonard and Antetokounmpo, as the Raptors carefully managed their prized asset through 60 appearances, refraining from exposing him to the grind of back-to-back games. Leonard would be selected as an All-Star for the third time, averaging 26.6 points and 7.3 rebounds. NBA TV Live Stream While in Milwaukee, Antetokounmpo would launch a full season-long tour of destruction, dunking on every human that dared step in his path. The 273 total dunks he threw down in the regular season and the restricted area dominance that accompanied those dunks drew comparisons to prime Shaquille O'Neal from...well, Shaq himself. NBA Stream Live For Antetokounmpo, many publicly

3. questioned if he was the type of superstar to carry a Milwaukee franchise beyond the first-round of the playoffs for the just the second time in 30 years. In a moment that will be forever etched in NBA Playoff folklore, Leonard's miracle bounce on the fading three from the right corner with Joel Embiid right in his airspace allowed this matchup to take place. The raw power, force and emotion of Antetokounmpo met the calculating, methodical, silent assassin in Leonard. NBA TV Live Stream The Raptors would ultimately triumph in six games, stunning the Bucks to win four-straight after failing into a 2-0 hole to begin the series. In a battle that ebbed and flowed, filled with highlight reel plays from both superstars, it was Leonard who put the exclamation point on the series with a thunderous dunk over the outreached hand of Antetokounmpo in Game 6. Antetokounmpo was immense in the Conference Finals, as Nick Nurse and the Raptors continuously threw

4. three and four bodies in his direction, asking the other Milwaukee players to beat his squad. While the Bucks' role players floundered, the Raptors' thrived, with Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet scorching the nets to bury 36 of their 71 (50.7%) attempts from beyond the arc. While those critical storylines may have played as big of a part of in the result as any, they will always be overshadowed by the main event: Kawhi v Giannis. Watch NBA Online When it was all said and done, the point differential at the conclusion of the series was just +6 in favour of the Raptors, it was that close. NBA TV Live Stream The defensive tactics on Antetokounmpo paid dividends, as the Bucks perimeter assault - so long a staple of the Bucks offence - crumbled, with Eric Bledsoe, Brook Lopez, Nikola Mirotic, and Ersan Ilyasova combining to shoot 26-for- 110 (23.6%).