Kawhi Shoots Philly: 2019’s Most Important Game (a BoB Rewatchables With Ryen Russillo and Chris Ryan) | Book of Basketball 2.0

Book of Basketball 2.0

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🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Remembering the Game 7 when Kawhi Leonard became immortal, the Jimmy Butler era ended in Philly, Joel Embiid cried, the 2019 playoffs shifted gears, and Kawhi sank the greatest (and craziest) series-winning shot of all time. Would the NBA ever be the same? Was this one of the greatest performances ever? And why did Kawhi shoot 39 times while still obeying the Secret? Bill Simmons breaks it all down with The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo and Chris Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Episode 13 of the Book of Basketball 2.0 podcast on the ringer podcast network is brought to you by
0:06.4	state farm. You never know what's going to happen during the NBA season or in life. Thankfully,
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0:18.2	your way like last year in the playoffs seem like Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors were
0:23.0	on their way to the third straight title. And then boom, the unexpected happened. Talk to a
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0:40.5	all about the threes. The shot that's changing the game. One of those threes we're about to talk about
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1:23.7	So last week we ran a podcast about the best game of the decade in terms of importance,
1:30.8	sweeping NBA impact, all that stuff that was game seven and 2016 finals this week.
1:36.4	It's a rewatchables podcast about the most memorable game of this year, 2019.
1:41.6	Kauai fending off the Raptors basically by himself for the little bit of help from Sergeabaka and
1:46.5	game seven of the second round, which paved the way eventually for a Raptors title added to the
1:52.4	legend of Kauai set up everything that would happen this summer and everything down the line.
1:56.8	My name is Bill Simmons. This is the Book of Basketball.
2:16.6	It's a book of basketball. Yeah, it's a book of basketball. Yeah, it's a book of basketball.
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