KAWHI LEONARD MIX 2019 - VENOM HD

In June 2018, reports surfaced claiming that Leonard had requested a trade from the Spurs; this followed months of allegations that there was growing tension between Leonard's camp and the Spurs stemming from a disagreement over his injury rehabilitation process.[71] A month later, on July 18, Leonard and teammate Danny Green were traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl and a protected 2019 first round draft pick.[72] In his debut for the Raptors in their season opener on October 17, Leonard had 24 points and 12 rebounds in a 116–104 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.[73] Two days later, he had 31 points and 10 rebounds in a 113–101 win over the Boston Celtics.[74] On October 24, he scored 35 points in a 112–105 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, helping the Raptors start the season 5–0.[75] On November 16, he recorded 31 points and a season-high 15 rebounds in a 123–116 overtime loss to the Celtics.[76] On November 25, Leonard received the first regular season technical foul in his NBA career, while also recording 29 points and 12 rebounds in a 125–115 win over the Miami Heat.[77]

On November 29, he scored a season-high 37 points in a 131–128 overtime win over the Golden State Warriors.[78] He was subsequently named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played November 26 – December 2.[79] On December 21, he matched his season high with 37 points in a 126–110 win over the Cavaliers.[80] On January 1, he scored a career-high 45 points in a 122–116 win over the Utah Jazz, thus scoring 20 or more points in a career-best 14 straight games.[81] On January 13, he recorded 41 points and 11 rebounds in a season-high 45 minutes in a 140–138 double-overtime win over the Washington Wizards.[82] On January 31 against the Milwaukee Bucks, Leonard's career-high 22-game streak of scoring at least 20 points ended when he had 16 points in a 105–92 loss.[83] On March 1, he scored 38 points and made the go-ahead basket with three seconds remaining to lift the Raptors to a 119–117 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.[84]

On April 27, Leonard began the Eastern Conference semifinals with a playoff career-high 45 points on 16-of-23 (69.6%) shooting to lead the Raptors in a 108–95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.[85] He became just the second player in Raptors history to eclipse 40 points in a playoff game, joining Vince Carter (50 points, 2001).[86] In Game 4 against the 76ers, Leonard recorded 39 points and 14 rebounds in a 101–96 win to tie the series at 2–2.[87] In the deciding Game 7, Leonard hit a shot from the corner at the buzzer that bounced off the rim four times before falling to give the Raptors a 92–90 victory over the 76ers to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. He finished the game with 41 points on 16-of-39 shooting.[88] In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Leonard scored 36 points, including eight in the second overtime, to help the Raptors beat Milwaukee 118–112 to cut the Bucks' series lead to 2–1.[89] In Game 5, he helped the Raptors take a 3–2 lead with 35 points on five 3-pointers to go with seven rebounds and nine assists in a 105–99 win.[90] In Game 6, he had 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Raptors into the NBA Finals for the first time with a 100–94 victory.[91] In Game 2 of the 2019 Finals, Leonard had 34 points and 14 rebounds in a 109–104 loss to Golden State.[92] In Game 4, Leonard helped the Raptors take a 3–1 series lead with 36 points and 12 rebounds in a 105–92 win.