Congrats Toronto Raptors

With Toronto's series win, this will be the first time an NBA finals will be held outside of the U.S

The Toronto Raptors have Advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise History.

The 2018-19 Toronto Raptors are the first Toronto (4 major league) sports team since the 1993 Toronto Blue Jays to make a finals.

Reporter: How'd you get here? Kawhi: One possession at a time


Kawhi monster dunk
https://streamable.com/q3s7s

Kyle Lowry couldn’t contain his happiness during the last 3 seconds of the game (
https://streamable.com/clzkx

Giannis scored 1 field goal in the fourth quarter of an elimination game 6.

Per NBA.com, Kawhi guarded Giannis on 160 total possessions throughout the series. On those possessions, Giannis scored 30 points, shot 35% from the floor, made 1-of-7 three-pointers and turned it over five times.

The Toronto crowd shows their appreciation for Kyle Lowry
https://streamable.com/slkgl

Serge Ibaka has more finals appearances than Russell Westbrook and James Harden.

Fred Van Vleet now an incredible 82.3% 3 Point Shooting since the birth of Fred Jr.

Drake massages coach Nick Nurse shoulders again
https://streamable.com/wnnt3

Giannis walked out mid press conference. He must have thought it was the 4th quarter. Too much emotional pain.
https://streamable.com/s84tj

Antetokounmpo blocks Leonard's dunk attempt but Siakam cleans up
https://streamable.com/j6dmq

Kawhi Just Had A New Career High 17 Rebounds After A Career High Assists Game

The Philadelphia 76ers took these Raptors to more games than the Bucks did.

Kawhi: "Kyle helped me a lot with my transition, on the court and off the court, and him just pushing me on the floor as well, and telling me what to do. All that hard work, just put together, and now we're here. And it's exciting."
https://streamable.com/yxgh3

Teams down 0-2 to start a playoff series only had a 7% of making that comeback. With the Raptors winning, they've improved that percentage to 7.3%.

Raptors join just 5 teams: Bullets (1971), Bulls (1993), Cavs (2007), OKC (2012), Cavs (2018) that have come back from a 2-0 deficit. Teams down 0-2 have only a 5-51 all-time record in the Conference Finals.

Kawhi Leonard: "I don't care about being the best player, I want to be the best team. Just before the season when we made the trade Masai felt that way about me. He told me how he felt. It's turning out well now. We're in the Finals and we're not done yet."

VanVleet sidestep 3 over Ilyasova
https://streamable.com/hdu27

Kawhi Leonard hustles over 4 Bucks players to get the offensive rebound on Siakam's freethrow miss
https://streamable.com/fz4bx

Kawhi Leonard has only 2 Technical fouls and 0 flagrant fouls in his career

Kawhi tells coaching staff "It's not over yet" when everyone else is celebrating in the last 3.9 seconds of the game
https://streamable.com/socj1

The Milwaukee Bucks blew back-to-back 14+ point leads in Game 5 and Game 6

The Raptors have the 5th best defense in the regular season, 1st in the playoffs and 3rd post All-Star Break. This is the best finals defense Golden State will have faced in their entire run.

Fred VanVleet after the birth of his son: 16 PPG on 68.0 FG% and 82.4 3P% and a combined +65 in three games

Giannis's Free Throw percentage in 4 straight losses against the Raptors; 47% (17/36)

All-Star Kyle Lowry outscored 3 All-Stars in the last 3 series: Nikola Vucevic, Ben Simmons, and Khris Middleton