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The Raptors led by six points with under three minutes remaining, but then shot 1-6 down the stretch as the Golden State Warriors fought back to force a Game 6. The Toronto Raptors had a chance to win the NBA title in front of their home crowd. The Golden State Warriors had other ideas. After Kevin Durant looked good in his return only to leave midway through the second quarter with an injury to the same right leg that kept him out of the first four games of this series, the Warriors rallied without their star small forward to stave off elimination and send the series back to Oakland, CA for Game 6. Here are some key takeaways from Golden State's season-saving win.The final minutes With 3:28 left in the game, Kawhi Leonard hit a jump shot to put the Raptors up 103-97. It capped a two-minute stretch in which Leonard scored 10 points and seemingly put the Raptors up for good. The Warriors responded and then survived several gaffes. Klay Thompson hit a 3, Stephen Curry hit a game-tying 3 and then Thompson hit a go-ahead 3 with 57 seconds left. After that point, the Warriors turned it over twice, first on a back-court violation and then on an offensive foul by DeMarcus Cousins to give the ball back to the Raptors down one with a chance to win it. Add it all up and the Raptors shot 1-6 over the final 3:00 including 0-3 from beyond the arc. The Warriors shot a perfect 3-3 with all three makes coming from beyond the 3-point line. Although the Warriors turned it over three times over that final 3:00, the Raptors managed to score just two points off of those turnovers. Kevin Durant re-injures right leg Playing for the first time since injurying his calf in Game 5 of the Conference Semifinals against the Houston Rockets, Kevin Durant got off to a hot start as he scored 11 points in 12 minutes. With 9:46 left in the second quarter, Durant tried to attack Serge Ibaka off the dribble, but immediately went to the ground and signaled to the Golden State bench. At the time of his injury, the Warriors led 39-34 with Durant, Stephen Curry (14) and Klay Thompson (11) combining for 36 of the team's 39 points. The latest update provided by the Warriors is that Durant sustained a right lower leg injury and will undergo an MRI on Tuesday.Kawhi's heroics not enough Entering the fourth quarter, Kawhi Leonard was not having a great game offensively. Through the first three quarter, he was just 4-15 from the floor including 0-4 from beyond the 3-point line. After not turning the ball over a single time in Game 4 in which he played 41 minutes, Leonard had more turnovers (5) than made shots (4) heading into the fourth quarter. Then as he's done all postseason, Leonard took over. A cold-blooded pull-up 3-pointer to give the Raptors their first lead of the game. A pull-up bank shot on the next possession to go up three. Another 3-pointer to respond to a Warriors make on the other end. A fourth straight jumper to put the Raptors up 103-97. Leonard was cooking, the crowd was