Nine-year-old Sixers fan sent Joel Embiid a handwritten letter after seeing the big man cry on TV

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Kawhi Leonard pulled off the most incredible moment in Toronto Raptors history by sending his team to the Eastern Conference Finals with the first ever game-winning buzzer beater in a Game 7 in NBA history.

The Kawhi buzzer-beater as heard around the world 🌎🏀 ••• #Repost @JayAndDan The many calls of #KawhiLeonard’s buzzer-beater 🗣 #JayAndDan •• (🎥: NBA on TNT)

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It’s been more than 24 hours since Leonard sent the Raptors through to the conference finals and the shot is still being watched on repeat across North America, while more and more photos of the historic moment continue to get plastered across social media.

At the end of the game, while everyone congratulated Leonard and the Raptors, a lot of basketball fans couldn’t help but feel sorry for Joel Embiid, who left the court in tears. One young fan even reached out to Embiid with a handwritten letter.

A young fan wrote this letter to Joel #Embiid after the #Sixers came up short in Game 7. . (📷: Twitter/JClarkNBCS)

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Nine-year-old Olivia wanted Embiid to know that he made Sixers fans proud everywhere, despite not coming out on top in the series. Hopefully the Sixers’ big man comes across this letter and hooks up Olivia with some awesome merchandise.

(H/T Twitter/JClarkNBCS)