Watch the Craziest NBA Playoff Buzzer Beater That Blew Up Twitter Last Night

The Eastern Conference semifinals matchup between the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers was so evenly matched that it wasn’t decided until a seventh-game, last-second fadeaway corner jump shot that bounced around the rim and finally fell, giving the Raptors their first-ever spot in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks.

The final shot, made by Raptor star Kawhi Leonard over an outstretched Joel Embiid, put an enormous exclamation mark on what was as riveting series as one could hope to watch. See it for yourself here via NBA Twitter:

? THE SHOT. THE BOUNCE. THE WIN. ?

Kawhi Leonard drops in the #TissotBuzzerBeater to lift the @Raptors to the Game 7 win! #ThisIsYourTime #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/bpRx7GXiKu

— NBA (@NBA) May 13, 2019

Understandably, Twitter BLEW UP after that dramatic shot. To wit:

Look at EVERYONE’S reaction including even the ball girl lol pic.twitter.com/v7yM0sbWJ1

— Mayor of LEBRONTO (@tsenggordon1001) May 13, 2019

i’m not even a raptors fan and i’d like this photo to hang above my fireplace wow pic.twitter.com/4sJehHp8TZ

— Whitney Medworth (@its_whitney) May 13, 2019

What if I told you…that this shot went in (? by Raptors team photographer Ron Turenne) pic.twitter.com/VTzTFfHHze

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 13, 2019

Tonight’s @Raptors win was captured perfectly by Toronto Sun photog @StanBehalPhoto … That’s a killer frame, son #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/2elevrEPqu

— Bryan Passifiume (@BryanPassifiume) May 13, 2019

Eastern finals, here we come! Congratulations @Raptors. #WeTheNorth https://t.co/a1W7BLlSvu

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) May 13, 2019

And super classy Tweet by the Sixers:

Great series, @raptors.

Good luck the rest of the way. pic.twitter.com/MkApu8Ftjy

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 13, 2019

Image via screen capture

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