Physicists Explain How Kawhi Leonard’s Shot Went In, And No, It Wasn’t Magnets
When the Toronto Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard got the ball with 4.2 seconds left in a tied Game 7, it didn’t look like he’d get a good shot off. (Did the league use a special ball made of metal on the last possession, or is the ball made of metal all the time and the rim magnets were activated for Kawhi’s shot? Magee agreed with the physicists: “The trajectory of the shot, because he had to go over Embiid, caused the ball to go maybe a bit higher than he normally shoots, and the ball came down on a descending arc.
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