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Raptors top Warriors for 1st title in team history
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Thursday, 13 June 2019 21:54
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions.With a 114-110 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, the Raptors capped a dramatic series filled with twists and turns, lifting the Larry O'Brien Trophy for the first time in franchise history.In a game totally in keeping with the tense, taut nature…
Kawhi 1st to win Finals MVP in both conferences
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Thursday, 13 June 2019 22:04
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Five years ago, he slayed a giant when he won Finals MVP in leading the San Antonio Spurs over the two-time champ Miami Heat. On Thursday night, Kawhi Leonard became a superteam killer again when he finished off the Golden State Warriors' two-year run as champions and again earned the Bill Russell Trophy.The Toronto Raptors star capped…
Klay has torn ACL in left knee, Warriors confirm
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Thursday, 13 June 2019 21:13
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Golden State Warriors swingman Klay Thompson suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in Thursday night's Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the team announced.Thompson was hurt with 2 minutes, 22 seconds left in the third quarter after he went up for a breakaway dunk and was fouled by Toronto Raptors guard Danny Green with Golden…
Lowe: Can any NBA team possibly replicate what Toronto just pulled off?
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Monday, 10 June 2019 13:20
OAKLAND, Calif. -- In his office overlooking downtown Toronto in January 2015, Masai Ujiri, then the general manager of a surprising 24-9 Toronto Raptors team, looked back on an unlikely 13-month rise that began with the trade of Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings in late December 2013 -- when the Raptors were just 7-12."We made the Rudy trade to…
Silver hopeful reformed lottery rules end tanking
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Thursday, 13 June 2019 19:47
NBA commissioner Adam Silver, speaking Thursday to ESPN's Rachel Nichols, praised the league's reformed draft lottery system while saying he hopes that it changes the "destructive" mindset some teams and fans have about tanking."Where I think it's the greatest success is, hopefully it'll stop fans in those markets from rooting for their teams to perform poorly," Silver said prior to…
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