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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:medium;">2019 NBA Finals</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_NBA_Finals_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/2019_NBA_Finals_logo.png/220px-2019_NBA_Finals_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/2019_NBA_Finals_logo.png/330px-2019_NBA_Finals_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/2019_NBA_Finals_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="288" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; background:transparent; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr><th>Team</th><th>Coach</th><th>Wins</th></tr><tr class="vcard" style="font-weight:bold;"> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2018–19 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Nurse" title="Nick Nurse">Nick Nurse</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2018–19 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a></td> <td>2</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">May 30 – June 13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a><br />(Toronto Raptors)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2018–19 Toronto Raptors season">Raptors</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2018–19 Milwaukee Bucks season">Bucks</a>, 4–2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2018–19 Golden State Warriors season">Warriors</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers season">Trail Blazers</a>, 4–0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2019 NBA Finals</b> was the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">championship series</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s (NBA) <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBA_season" title="2018–19 NBA season">2018–19 season</a> and conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">season's playoffs</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Best-of-seven_playoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-of-seven playoff">best-of-seven playoff</a> series held from May 30 through June 13, 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2018–19 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a> defeated the two-time <a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">defending NBA champion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2018–19 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="4 games to 2">4–2</span>, earning the franchise its first <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a> as well as the first win by an NBA team based outside the United States. Acquired by the Raptors via a trade during the off-season, <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> was named the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player">NBA Finals Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP) for the second time in his career.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the first NBA Finals appearance for the Raptors, and the league's first finals with games played outside of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Home-court_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Home-court advantage">Home-court advantage</a> was awarded to Toronto, who finished the regular season with one more win (58–24) than Golden State (57–25). This was the first time in five consecutive NBA Finals appearances that the then-two-time defending NBA-champion Warriors did not have home-court advantage.<sup id="cite_ref-cacciola_05202019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cacciola_05202019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This meant that Games 3, 4, and 6 were held in Golden State (the last postseason home games for the Warriors in <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Arena" title="Oakland Arena">Oracle Arena</a>) and Games 1, 2, and 5 were in Toronto. Had it been necessary, Game 7 would have been held in Toronto. Also for the first time after the past four postseasons, the Warriors and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> did not meet in the championship round.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first Finals since <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a> not to feature <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, who played in the past eight Finals with the Cavaliers and the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_State_Warriors">Golden State Warriors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Golden State Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2018–19 Golden State Warriors season">2018–19 Golden State Warriors season</a></div> <p>During the off-season, Golden State acquired <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a>, who was recovering from a <a href="/wiki/Achilles_tendon_rupture" title="Achilles tendon rupture">ruptured left Achilles</a>. He gave the Warriors a true, top-flight <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> for the first time under head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_01182019_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_01182019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gorcey_04132019_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gorcey_04132019-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During an overtime loss to the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2018–19 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a> in November 2018, <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> cursed out teammate <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> over his upcoming <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agency</a> status after the season, and he was suspended for the much-publicized blowup.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bontemps_05262019_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bontemps_05262019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2019, Cousins returned, and the Warriors became the first team in 42 years with a starting lineup of five <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Stars</a> from the previous season.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_01182019_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_01182019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished the regular season with a 57–25 record, winning the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Division_(NBA)" title="Pacific Division (NBA)">Pacific Division</a> and securing the 1st seed in the Western Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the playoffs, Golden State defeated the Clippers in six games in the first round, despite blowing leads at home in Games 2 and 5.<sup id="cite_ref-bontemps_05262019_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bontemps_05262019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cousins tore his left <a href="/wiki/Quadriceps_femoris_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadriceps femoris muscle">quadriceps</a> in Game 2, and was initially thought to be out for the remainder of the postseason.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With an increased urgency and in a sign of respect towards their opponent, Kerr opened the following round against the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2018–19 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> by moving <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Substitution_(sport)" title="Substitution (sport)">bench</a> and <a href="/wiki/Starting_lineup" title="Starting lineup">starting</a> the <a href="/wiki/Death_Lineup" title="Death Lineup">Hamptons Five</a> for the first time in the season.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the <a href="/wiki/Splash_Brothers" title="Splash Brothers">Splash Brothers</a>—Warriors guards <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a>—struggling with their shooting, Durant had been the team's best player in the playoffs, averaging a team-leading 35.4 points entering Game 5.<sup id="cite_ref-turbow_05092019_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turbow_05092019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Durant left the game late in the third quarter after suffering a strained right calf;<sup id="cite_ref-turbow_05092019_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turbow_05092019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-medina_05102019_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medina_05102019-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was later ruled out indefinitely. Led by Curry and Thompson, Golden State pulled out Game 5 without Durant, and won the series in six games thanks to Stephen Curry's 33-point second half.<sup id="cite_ref-medina_05102019_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medina_05102019-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Western Conference Finals, Golden State swept the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> 4–0, with three of the wins including comebacks of 15 points or more.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-friedell_05202019_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedell_05202019-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After starting nine consecutive games,<sup id="cite_ref-cacciola_05202019_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cacciola_05202019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iguodala missed the deciding Game 4 with a sore left calf injury from Game 3.<sup id="cite_ref-friedell_05202019_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-friedell_05202019-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Curry averaged a series career-high 36.5 points, the highest average by a player in a four-game sweep in NBA history.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was Golden State's fifth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, and they were aiming to be the first since the <a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Shaq and Kobe</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> to win <a href="/wiki/Three-peat" title="Three-peat">3-peat</a> titles. After losing the Finals to the Raptors, they became the second team not to earn a 3-peat, joining the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> who lost their quest in <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a> to the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>, who ended their own seven-year title drought. They were the second team in NBA history to achieve this feat, joining the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>, who played in ten straight Finals (1957–1966).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toronto_Raptors">Toronto Raptors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Toronto Raptors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2018–19 Toronto Raptors season">2018–19 Toronto Raptors season</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg/220px-2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg/330px-2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg/440px-2019_nba_finals_game_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5373" data-file-height="3582" /></a><figcaption>Game 2 at <a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a> in Toronto, which Golden State won</figcaption></figure> <p>During the off-season, the Raptors fired coach <a href="/wiki/Dwane_Casey" title="Dwane Casey">Dwane Casey</a>, who was named the 2018 <a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year" title="NBA Coach of the Year">NBA Coach of the Year</a> weeks later, and replaced him with assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Nick_Nurse" title="Nick Nurse">Nick Nurse</a>. They also traded <a href="/wiki/DeMar_DeRozan" title="DeMar DeRozan">DeMar DeRozan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jakob_P%C3%B6ltl" title="Jakob Pöltl">Jakob Pöltl</a> to the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Green_(basketball)" title="Danny Green (basketball)">Danny Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bontemps_05262019_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bontemps_05262019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move stunned the All-Star DeRozan, who had become a fan favorite in his nine seasons in Toronto.<sup id="cite_ref-wong_05262019_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wong_05262019-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stein_05292019_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_05292019-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a risky move for the Raptors and their president, <a href="/wiki/Masai_Ujiri" title="Masai Ujiri">Masai Ujiri</a>, as Leonard was one year away from becoming a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wong_05262019_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wong_05262019-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he wanted to leave the Spurs after playing in just nine games in <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2017–18 San Antonio Spurs season">2017–18</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Tendinopathy" title="Tendinopathy">tendinopathy</a> in his left <a href="/wiki/Quadriceps_femoris_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadriceps femoris muscle">quadriceps</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-bontemps_05262019_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bontemps_05262019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stein_05292019_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_05292019-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however the 2014 <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">NBA Finals MVP</a> made it through the season healthy while being systematically rested for 22 games.<sup id="cite_ref-bontemps_05262019_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bontemps_05262019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stein_05292019_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_05292019-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the season, Toronto also traded a package that included <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Valan%C4%8Di%C5%ABnas" title="Jonas Valančiūnas">Jonas Valančiūnas</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> in exchange for one of the league's elite post-defenders, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Gasol" title="Marc Gasol">Marc Gasol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bontemps_05262019_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bontemps_05262019-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Raptors lost Game 1 of the first round to the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2018–19 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a>, but then won the next four games in a row to win the series in five games. After trailing 2–1 against the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a> in the Eastern Conference semifinals,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they defeated them in seven games, with Leonard hitting the <a href="/wiki/Buzzer_beater" title="Buzzer beater">game-winner at the buzzer</a> as the ball bounced four times on the rim before falling in, the first buzzer beater in a Game 7 in the NBA playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_05292019_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_05292019-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toronto advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2018–19 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a>. Despite trailing 2–0, the Raptors won the next four games to advance to the Finals in six games,<sup id="cite_ref-wong_05262019_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wong_05262019-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as Leonard outplayed the Bucks' <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Giannis Antetokounmpo</a>, who won league MVP that season.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_05292019_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_05292019-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was their first trip to the NBA Finals in franchise history,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> breaking a 25-year drought for teams from Toronto appearing in the championship round of any of the four <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major North American professional sports leagues</a> since <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993 World Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">2019 NBA playoffs</a></div> <table style="width:100%; font-size:90%" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th colspan="2" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2018–19 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion)</th> <th></th> <th colspan="2" style="width:45%;"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2018–19 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:400px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></th></tr><tr><th style="width:5%">#</th><th>Team</th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr><th>1</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>z</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2018–19 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a> *</td><td>60</td><td>22</td><td>.732</td><td>–</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"><th>2</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Toronto_Raptors_season" title="2018–19 Toronto Raptors season">Toronto Raptors</a> *</td><td>58</td><td>24</td><td>.707</td><td>2.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td><td>51</td><td>31</td><td>.622</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2018–19 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td><td>49</td><td>33</td><td>.598</td><td>11.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="2018–19 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>12.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn Nets</a></td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>18.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2018–19 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a> *</td><td>42</td><td>40</td><td>.512</td><td>18.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="2018–19 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td><td>41</td><td>41</td><td>.500</td><td>19.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC"><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Charlotte_Hornets_season" title="2018–19 Charlotte Hornets season">Charlotte Hornets</a></td><td>39</td><td>43</td><td>.476</td><td>21.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Miami_Heat_season" title="2018–19 Miami Heat season">Miami Heat</a></td><td>39</td><td>43</td><td>.476</td><td>21.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Washington_Wizards_season" title="2018–19 Washington Wizards season">Washington Wizards</a></td><td>32</td><td>50</td><td>.390</td><td>28.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="2018–19 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td><td>29</td><td>53</td><td>.354</td><td>31.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="2018–19 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td><td>22</td><td>60</td><td>.268</td><td>38.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="2018–19 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td><td>19</td><td>63</td><td>.232</td><td>41.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_New_York_Knicks_season" title="2018–19 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td><td>17</td><td>65</td><td>.207</td><td>43.0</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> 2nd seed in the East, 2nd best league record </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBA_season" title="2018–19 NBA season">Regular season</a> </th> <td><table class="wikitable" style="width:400px;font-size:95%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></th></tr><tr><th style="width:5%">#</th><th>Team</th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr></th><th style="width:5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind">GB</abbr></th><th style="width:7.5%"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"><th>1</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>c</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="2018–19 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> *</td><td>57</td><td>25</td><td>.695</td><td>–</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="2018–19 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a> *</td><td>54</td><td>28</td><td>.659</td><td>3.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td><td>53</td><td>29</td><td>.646</td><td>4.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>y</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2018–19 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> *</td><td>53</td><td>29</td><td>.646</td><td>4.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2018–19 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td><td>50</td><td>32</td><td>.610</td><td>7.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2018–19 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City Thunder</a></td><td>49</td><td>33</td><td>.598</td><td>8.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2018–19 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td style="text-align:left"><b>x</b> – <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2018–19 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td><td>48</td><td>34</td><td>.585</td><td>9.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC"><td colspan="7"></td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2018–19 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td><td>39</td><td>43</td><td>.476</td><td>18.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2018–19 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td><td>37</td><td>45</td><td>.451</td><td>20.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2018–19 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a></td><td>36</td><td>46</td><td>.439</td><td>21.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2018–19 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis Grizzlies</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>24.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_New_Orleans_Pelicans_season" title="2018–19 New Orleans Pelicans season">New Orleans Pelicans</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>24.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2018–19 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>.402</td><td>24.0</td><td>82</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="2018–19 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td><td>19</td><td>63</td><td>.232</td><td>38.0</td><td>82</td></tr></tbody></table> 1st seed in the West, 3rd best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the 7th seeded <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Orlando_Magic_season" title="2018–19 Orlando Magic season">Orlando Magic</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">4–1</a> </td> <th colspan="2">First round </th> <td align="left">Defeated the 8th seeded <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2018–19 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">4–2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the 3rd seeded <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">4–3</a> </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td align="left">Defeated the 4th seeded <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Houston_Rockets_season" title="2018–19 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">4–2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the 1st seeded <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="2018–19 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">4–2</a> </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td align="left">Defeated the 3rd seeded <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_playoffs" title="2019 NBA playoffs">4–0</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Raptors won the regular season series 2–0. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">November 29, 2018</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20181129/GSWTOR#/#/recap">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 128, <b><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></b> <b>131</b> (OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">December 12, 2018</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20181212/TORGSW#/#/recap">Recap</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b>Toronto Raptors</b> <b>113</b>, Golden State Warriors 93 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Arena" title="Oakland Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Winning team in <b>bold</b>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Game </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Road team </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col">Home team </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Game 1 </th> <td>May 30</td> <td>Golden State Warriors</td> <td>109–118 (0–1)</td> <td><b>Toronto Raptors</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Game 2 </th> <td>June 2</td> <td><b>Golden State Warriors</b></td> <td>109–104 (1–1)</td> <td>Toronto Raptors </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Game 3 </th> <td>June 5</td> <td><b>Toronto Raptors</b></td> <td>123–109 (2–1)</td> <td>Golden State Warriors </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Game 4 </th> <td>June 7</td> <td><b>Toronto Raptors</b></td> <td>105–92 (3–1)</td> <td>Golden State Warriors </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Game 5 </th> <td>June 10</td> <td><b>Golden State Warriors</b></td> <td>106–105 (2–3)</td> <td>Toronto Raptors </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Game 6 </th> <td>June 13</td> <td><b>Toronto Raptors</b></td> <td>114–110 (4–2)</td> <td>Golden State Warriors </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Times listed are <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Daylight Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9204:00" title="UTC−04:00">UTC−4</a>). For games in Oakland, the local time is also given (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>, <a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC−7</a>).</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">SN</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 30<br /><small> 9:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/game/gsw-vs-tor-0041800401/box-score">Box score</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 109, <b><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></b> <b>118</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 21–<b>25</b>, 28–<b>34</b>, <b>32</b>–29, 28–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 34<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> Draymond Green 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Pascal Siakam</a> 32<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a>, Siakam 8 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Raptors lead series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,983<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 19 James Capers</li> <li>No. 23 Jason Phillips</li> <li>No. 30 John Goble</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Pascal Siakam</a> scored a playoff career-high 32 points on 14-of-17 shooting to lead Toronto to a 118–109 win over Golden State in the first-ever NBA Finals game played outside the United States. The Raptors had a 10-point lead at the half. Siakam, the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">NBA Most Improved Player</a> that season, shot 6-for-6 in the third quarter to keep the Warriors at bay. Toronto maintained a double-digit lead for most of the fourth quarter, countering every rally by Golden State.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_05302019_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_05302019-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leonard had 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists in his first NBA Finals game since he was named the Finals MVP in 2014. Gasol added 20 for the Raptors. Curry scored 34 and Thompson had 21 for Golden State, which had won Game 1 of the Finals in each of the last four years. <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> had a <a href="/wiki/Double-double#Triple-double" title="Double-double">triple-double</a> with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Cousins returned from a quadriceps injury to come off the bench in his first NBA Finals game.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_05302019_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_05302019-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After missing Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals with a left calf injury, Iguodala left near the end of this game after limping and favoring his right leg.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Durant, the MVP of the last two NBA Finals, traveled with the team to Toronto, but remained sidelined.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_05302019_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_05302019-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the only game in the entire series with the home team victorious. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a>/<a href="/wiki/CTV_2" title="CTV 2">CTV 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 2<br /><small> 8:00 pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/game/gsw-vs-tor-0041800402/box-score">Box score</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>109</b>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> 104 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>27</b>, 28–<b>32</b>, <b>34</b>–21, 21–<b>24</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">Cousins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Green</a> 10 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> Draymond Green 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> 34<br /><b>Rebs:</b> Kawhi Leonard 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Pascal Siakam</a> 4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,014<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 48 Scott Foster</li> <li>No. 25 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brothers" title="Tony Brothers">Tony Brothers</a></li> <li>No. 14 Ed Malloy</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_%28cropped%29.jpg/130px-1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-1_kawhi_leonard_2019_nba_finals_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1649" data-file-height="2388" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> shooting a free throw in Game 2</figcaption></figure> <p>Thompson scored a team-high 25 points, and the Warriors outscored the Raptors 18–0 to start the second half before holding off a late Toronto rally to win 109–104.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06022019_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06022019-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap_06022019_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06022019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson had 18 points in the first half to keep Golden State in the game. They trailed by 11 with almost two minutes left until halftime before cutting it to 59–54 at the half. The Warriors' 18 unanswered points to begin the second half were the most in NBA Finals history to start a half.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06022019_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06022019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson left the game in the fourth quarter with a left <a href="/wiki/Hamstring" title="Hamstring">hamstring</a> injury after landing awkwardly on a <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">three-point field goal</a> attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06022019_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06022019-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap_06022019_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06022019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toronto scored 10 straight points to pull within two points at 106–104, but <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a> cemented the win with a three-pointer with 5.9 seconds remaining in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06022019_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06022019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Curry finished the game with 23 points after missing his first six shots of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06022019_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06022019-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cousins, who was moved into the starting lineup, had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Draymond Green had 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to fall one assist short of his fourth straight triple-double.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06022019_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06022019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Warriors backup center <a href="/wiki/Kevon_Looney" title="Kevon Looney">Kevon Looney</a> missed the second half with a chest contusion.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06022019_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06022019-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ap_06022019_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06022019-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leonard led the Raptors with 34 points and 14 rebounds, and <a href="/wiki/Fred_VanVleet" title="Fred VanVleet">Fred VanVleet</a> added 17 points. Game 1 star Siakam scored just 12 points on 5-for-18 shooting. Toronto was held to 37.2 percent shooting for the game.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06022019_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06022019-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">SN</a>/<a href="/wiki/Citytv" title="Citytv">Citytv</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 5<br /><small> 9:00 pm <span style="font-size:85%;">(6:00 pm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</span></small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/game/tor-vs-gsw-0041800403/box-score">Box score</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></b> <b>123</b>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 109 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>36</b>–29, <b>24</b>–23, <b>36</b>–31, <b>27</b>–26</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Pascal Siakam</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 47<br /><b>Rebs:</b> Stephen Curry 8<br /><b>Asts:</b> Stephen Curry 7</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Raptors lead series, 2-1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Arena" title="Oakland Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,596<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 8 Marc Davis</li> <li>No. 16 David Guthrie</li> <li>No. 5 Kane Fitzgerald</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Leonard scored 30 points and the Raptors shot 52.4 percent and made 17 three-pointers to win 123–109 on the road over the short-handed Warriors. Curry scored a playoff career-high 47 points, shooting 14 for 31 including 6 of 14 on 3-pointers,<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06052019_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06052019-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while his teammates totaled 62 points on 36.7 percent shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Golden State played without injured starters Thompson and Durant, and backup big man Looney. Toronto's <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> had 23 points and five 3-pointers, and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Green_(basketball)" title="Danny Green (basketball)">Danny Green</a> added 18 points on 6 made 3s, as all five of their starters scored in double figures. VanVleet contributed 11 points off the bench.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06052019_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06052019-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thompson practiced earlier in the day but did not warm up for the game. Kerr had said that the Warriors were not going to play him if there was risk of further damage.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06052019_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06052019-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Looney was out with a cartilage fracture near his right collarbone.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06052019_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06052019-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The game was not without controversy, however, when Warriors investor <a href="/wiki/Mark_Stevens_(venture_capitalist)" title="Mark Stevens (venture capitalist)">Mark Stevens</a> pushed Kyle Lowry while attempting to dive for a loose ball, a gesture for which Stevens was banned from attending Warriors games for one year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a>/<a href="/wiki/CTV_2" title="CTV 2">CTV 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 7<br /><small> 9:00 pm <span style="font-size:85%;">(6:00 pm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</span></small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/game/tor-vs-gsw-0041800404/box-score">Box score</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></b> <b>105</b>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 92 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 17–<b>23</b>, <b>25</b>–23, <b>37</b>–21, <b>26</b>–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> 36<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> Kawhi Leonard 12<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> Draymond Green 12</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Raptors lead series, 3-1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Arena" title="Oakland Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,596<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 24 Mike Callahan</li> <li>No. 15 <a href="/wiki/Zach_Zarba" title="Zach Zarba">Zach Zarba</a></li> <li>No. 42 Eric Lewis</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Toronto took a 3–1 lead in the series after Leonard scored 36 points and had 12 rebounds in a 105–92 road win over Golden State.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06072019_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06072019-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Raptors struggled early, falling behind by 11 early in the contest and only scoring 17 points in the opening period,<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06072019_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06072019-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before trailing 46–42 at halftime.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06072019_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06072019-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They outscored the Warriors 37–21 in the third quarter, when Leonard scored 17 of his points, and led by as many as 16 in the final quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06072019_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06072019-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Serge_Ibaka" title="Serge Ibaka">Serge Ibaka</a> scored 20 points for Toronto, shooting 9 for 12 in 22 minutes off the bench. Thompson returned from injury to lead Golden State with 28 points, including six 3-pointers.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06072019_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06072019-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Siakam added 19 points for the Raptors.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06072019_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06072019-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VanVleet needed seven stitches in the fourth quarter after the Warriors' <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Shaun Livingston</a> inadvertently elbowed him in the face.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06072019_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06072019-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only other player to score over 10 points for Golden State, Curry had 27 points, but shot just 9 for 22 and missed 7 of his 9 three-point attempts. Looney returned to score 10 points after Kerr initially declared him out for the series following his Game 2 injury.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06072019_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06072019-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stein_06072019_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06072019-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">SN</a>/<a href="/wiki/Citytv" title="Citytv">Citytv</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 10<br /><small> 9:00pm</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/game/gsw-vs-tor-0041800405/box-score">Box score</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a></b> <b>106</b>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> 105 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>34</b>–28, 28–28, 22–22, 22–<b>27</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> 31<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> Draymond Green 8</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> Kawhi Leonard 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> Leonard, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Lowry</a> 6 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Raptors lead series, 3-2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 20,144<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 19 James Capers</li> <li>No. 23 Jason Phillips</li> <li>No. 14 Ed Malloy</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Curry scored 31 points and Thompson had 26 to help the Warriors stave off elimination with a 106–105 win at Toronto. They combined for three straight 3-pointers after the Raptors led by six points with <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> minutes left in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06112019_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06112019-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Durant returned after missing the previous nine games with his right calf injury,<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06112019_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06112019-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and scored 11 points in the first quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06102019_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06102019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he was lost for the game two minutes into the second quarter when he tried to drive by Ibaka and suffered a <a href="/wiki/Achilles_tendon_rupture" title="Achilles tendon rupture">ruptured Achilles tendon</a>, falling and grabbing his lower right calf. He limped off the court and was helped to the locker room.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06102019_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06102019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-letourneau_06122019_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-letourneau_06122019-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leonard scored 10 straight points in the fourth quarter to erase Golden State's 14-point lead.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06112019_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06112019-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lowry's potential championship-winning, 3-point shot at the buzzer fell short after it was partially blocked by Draymond Green.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_06112019_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap_06112019-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brady_06102019_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brady_06102019-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Golden State made 20 three-pointers, the second most in NBA Finals history behind Cleveland's 24 against the Warriors in Game 4 in <a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06102019_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06102019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cousins, who did not enter the game until Durant's injury, had 14 points and six rebounds for the Warriors, and Green added 10 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06102019_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06102019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leonard had 26 points for the Raptors, while Lowry added 18 and Gasol 17 to lead six Raptors in double figures.<sup id="cite_ref-brady_06102019_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brady_06102019-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Golden State played most of the second half without Looney, who aggravated his cartilage fracture after colliding with Lowry while battling for a rebound.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06102019_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06102019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Durant left the arena on crutches and in a <a href="/wiki/Orthopedic_boot" title="Orthopedic boot">walking boot</a>. "I don't believe there's anybody to blame [for Durant's injury], but I understand in this world, and if you have to, you can blame me," said <a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a>, the Warriors' president of basketball operations.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06102019_37-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06102019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Durant underwent surgery to repair the tendon and was at risk of missing all of the following season.<sup id="cite_ref-letourneau_06122019_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-letourneau_06122019-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally expected to become a free agent after the 2018–19 season, he had a $31.5 million option to remain with Golden State for another season,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it was ultimately his last appearance with the Warriors, after a sign-and-trade to the Nets the following month.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nurse was criticized for calling a timeout with Toronto up 103–97 after going on a 12–2 run; the <a href="/wiki/Splash_Brothers" title="Splash Brothers">Splash Brothers</a>' three 3-pointers came after the break.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its <a href="/wiki/Last_Two_Minutes_report" class="mw-redirect" title="Last Two Minutes report">Last Two Minutes report</a>, the NBA stated that Cousins should have been called for a shooting foul on Gasol with 49 seconds left in the game, which would have given Gasol two free throws with the Raptors trailing 106–103 at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_6">Game 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Game 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a>/<a href="/wiki/CTV_Television_Network" title="CTV Television Network">CTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 13<br /><small> 9:00pm <span style="font-size:85%;">(6:00 pm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</span></small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/game/tor-vs-gsw-0041800406/box-score">Box score</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></b> <b>114</b>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> 110 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>33</b>–32, <b>27</b>–25, 26–<b>31</b>, <b>28</b>–22</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Siakam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Lowry</a> 26 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> Pascal Siakam 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> Kyle Lowry 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> 30<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a> 19<br /><b>Asts:</b> Draymond Green 13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Toronto Raptors Win NBA Finals, 4-2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Arena" title="Oakland Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 19,596<br /><b>Referees:</b> <ul><li>No. 8 Marc Davis</li> <li>No. 16 David Guthrie</li> <li>No. 30 John Goble</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4ji-KQVyrw"><span class="plainlinks">Full game broadcast by ABC</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Leonard scored 22 points and had six rebounds and was named the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> after Toronto won 114–110 over Golden State to claim its first championship in franchise history. Thompson scored a game-high 30 points for the Warriors, but was lost for the game with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter after landing awkwardly and suffering a <a href="/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury" title="Anterior cruciate ligament injury">torn anterior cruciate ligament</a> (ACL) in his left knee on a drive to the basket contested by Danny Green. With the Raptors leading 111–110, the Warriors managed to force a turnover with 9.6 seconds left in the game, but Curry missed a three-pointer that would have forced a Game 7. Trying to secure the ball after the miss, Iguodala called a timeout, but the Warriors did not have any left, and were assessed a <a href="/wiki/Technical_foul" title="Technical foul">technical foul</a>. It was academic, as time would have otherwise expired had they not attempted to stop the clock. Leonard was awarded three free throws to seal the Raptors' first-ever NBA championship title.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06132019_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06132019-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lowry and Siakam led Toronto with 26 points each. Lowry scored 11 of his points in the first two-plus minutes of the contest. Van Vleet finished with 22 points, including 12 in the final period, and made five of the team's 13 three-pointers. Siakam added 10 rebounds. Curry had 21 points for Golden State, but he was hounded by the Raptors in the fourth quarter without Durant or Thompson available. Draymond Green had a triple-double with 11 points, 19 rebounds and 13 assists, but committed eight turnovers. Iguodala had 22 points despite shooting only 1 of 5 on free throws.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06132019_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06132019-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leonard averaged 28.5 points per game in the series,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and joined <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> and <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> as the only players to be named Finals MVP with two different teams. Toronto was the first Canadian team to win the NBA title and the first non-American team to win any of the <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">Big Four North American sports</a> titles since the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> won the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> in October of <a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the Warriors' last game ever at <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Arena" title="Oakland Arena">Oracle Arena</a>, as they moved to the new <a href="/wiki/Chase_Center" title="Chase Center">Chase Center</a> across <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">the bay</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="2019–20 NBA season">2019–20 season</a>. They finished 0–3 at home in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-stein_06132019_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stein_06132019-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The road team won the last five games of the series, the longest string of road wins in one Finals.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Incident_between_Raptors_president_and_law_enforcement">Incident between Raptors president and law enforcement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Incident between Raptors president and law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moments after the game's conclusion, Raptors executive <a href="/wiki/Masai_Ujiri" title="Masai Ujiri">Masai Ujiri</a> was barred by an <a href="/wiki/Alameda_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" title="Alameda County Sheriff's Office">Alameda County Sheriff</a> deputy from walking onto the floor for the team's trophy presentation, leading to an altercation between the two men.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Body camera footage eventually released to the public revealed that Dep. Alan Strickland had shoved Ujiri twice in the chest after the executive had tried to access the court, prompting Ujiri to shove him back.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two men appeared to stare each other down for several seconds before Lowry arrived, embracing Ujiri and escorting him onto the floor for the celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the footage does not display Ujiri wearing the credentials that would have allowed him to walk onto the floor, he is heard identifying himself as "president of the Raptors" while holding up the credentials he did have.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the incident, Sheriff Greg Ahearn said he would recommend battery charges against Ujiri. However, after privately meeting with Ujiri and his lawyers, representatives from the county District Attorney's office announced there would be no criminal charges filed against him.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Strickland separately sued Ujiri for $75,000, claiming to have suffered a concussion during the altercation.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ujiri countersued, and the two men later dropped their filings.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rosters">Rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toronto_Raptors_2">Toronto Raptors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Toronto Raptors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>2018–19 Toronto Raptors roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CE1141, inset -2px -2px 0 #CE1141; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CE1141, inset -2px -2px 0 #CE1141; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/OG_Anunoby" title="OG Anunoby">Anunoby, OG</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">232 lb (105 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1997–07–17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Bloomington" title="Indiana University Bloomington">Indiana</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Boucher_(basketball)" title="Chris Boucher (basketball)">Boucher, Chris</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993–01–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">Oregon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001330000000000000♠">33</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Gasol" title="Marc Gasol">Gasol, Marc</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000215899999999999♠"></span>7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">255 lb (116 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1985–01–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Green_(basketball)" title="Danny Green (basketball)">Green, Danny</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1987–06–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Serge_Ibaka" title="Serge Ibaka">Ibaka, Serge</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">235 lb (107 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1989–09–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard, Kawhi</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991–06–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_State_University" title="San Diego State University">San Diego State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001170000000000000♠">17</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Lin" title="Jeremy Lin">Lin, Jeremy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988–08–23 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Lowry, Kyle</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000182880000000000♠"></span>6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">196 lb (89 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1986–03–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Loyd" title="Jordan Loyd">Loyd, Jordan</a> (TW) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993–07–27 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Indianapolis" title="University of Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McCaw" title="Patrick McCaw">McCaw, Patrick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995–10–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas" title="University of Nevada, Las Vegas">UNLV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Meeks" title="Jodie Meeks">Meeks, Jodie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1987–08–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001130000000000000♠">13</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Miller_(basketball)" title="Malcolm Miller (basketball)">Miller, Malcolm</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993–03–06 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">Holy Cross</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Moreland" title="Eric Moreland">Moreland, Eric</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">238 lb (108 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991–12–24 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_University" title="Oregon State University">Oregon State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠">24</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Powell" title="Norman Powell">Powell, Norman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993–05–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001430000000000000♠">43</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Siakam, Pascal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1994–04–02 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University" title="New Mexico State University">New Mexico State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fred_VanVleet" title="Fred VanVleet">VanVleet, Fred</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000182880000000000♠"></span>6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1994–02–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_State_University" title="Wichita State University">Wichita State</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Nurse" title="Nick Nurse">Nick Nurse</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Bjorkgren" title="Nate Bjorkgren">Nate Bjorkgren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Griffin" title="Adrian Griffin">Adrian Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Handy" title="Phil Handy">Phil Handy</a></li> <li>Eric Khoury</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_McKechnie" title="Alex McKechnie">Alex McKechnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mutombo" title="Patrick Mutombo">Patrick Mutombo</a></li> <li>Jim Sann</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergio_Scariolo" title="Sergio Scariolo">Sergio Scariolo</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><b>(GL)</b> On <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League#Player_allocations" title="NBA G League">assignment</a> to G League affiliate</li><li><b>(TW)</b> Two-way affiliate player</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/raptors/roster/">Roster</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_State_Warriors_2">Golden State Warriors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Golden State Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>2018–19 Golden State Warriors roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Bell" title="Jordan Bell">Bell, Jordan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">224 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995–01–07 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oregon" title="University of Oregon">Oregon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001120000000000000♠">12</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Bogut, Andrew</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">260 lb (118 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1984–11–28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">Utah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Cook" title="Quinn Cook">Cook, Quinn</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000187960000000000♠"></span>6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">179 lb (81 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1993–03–23 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">Cousins, DeMarcus</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">270 lb (122 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990–08–13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry, Stephen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988–03–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Davidson_College" title="Davidson College">Davidson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Derrickson" title="Marcus Derrickson">Derrickson, Marcus</a> (TW) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">249 lb (113 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1996–02–01 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠">35</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant, Kevin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1988–09–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">Texas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Evans" title="Jacob Evans">Evans, Jacob</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1997–06–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Green, Draymond</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990–03–04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Iguodala, Andre</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1984–01–28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">Arizona</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠">21</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Jerebko" title="Jonas Jerebko">Jerebko, Jonas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">231 lb (105 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1987–03–02 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Jones_(basketball)" title="Damian Jones (basketball)">Jones, Damian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">245 lb (111 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995–06–30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_University" title="Vanderbilt University">Vanderbilt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Damion_Lee" title="Damion Lee">Lee, Damion</a> (TW) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1992–10–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">Louisville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Livingston, Shaun</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">192 lb (87 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1985–09–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Peoria_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)" title="Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)">Peoria HS (IL)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevon_Looney" title="Kevon Looney">Looney, Kevon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1996–02–06 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001280000000000000♠">28</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alfonzo_McKinnie" title="Alfonzo McKinnie">McKinnie, Alfonzo</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1992–09–17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Green_Bay" title="University of Wisconsin–Green Bay">Green Bay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Thompson, Klay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1990–02–08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_University" title="Washington State University">Washington State</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fraser_(basketball)" title="Bruce Fraser (basketball)">Bruce Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Adams" title="Ron Adams">Ron Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarron_Collins" title="Jarron Collins">Jarron Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_DeMarco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris DeMarco (page does not exist)">Chris DeMarco</a> (assistant coach &<br />director of player development)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Green" title="Willie Green">Willie Green</a> (player development)</li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><b>(GL)</b> On <a href="/wiki/NBA_G_League#Player_allocations" title="NBA G League">assignment</a> to G League affiliate</li><li><b>(TW)</b> Two-way affiliate player</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> <hr /> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/warriors/roster/">Roster</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Golden State Warriors</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Golden State Warriors statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Curry, Stephen"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>41.7</b></td> <td>.414</td> <td>.343</td> <td>.947</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><b>30.5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Thompson, Klay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>37.6</td> <td>.541</td> <td>.585</td> <td>.875</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>26.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Green, Draymond"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>41.2</td> <td>.433</td> <td>.263</td> <td>.857</td> <td><b>10.8</b></td> <td><b>9.3</b></td> <td><b>1.7</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>12.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Durant, Kevin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>12.0</td> <td>.600</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Iguodala, Andre"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Andre Iguodala</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>31.4</td> <td>.431</td> <td>.308</td> <td>.333</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td><b>1.5</b></td> <td>9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Cousins, DeMarcus"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Cousins" title="DeMarcus Cousins">DeMarcus Cousins</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>18.0</td> <td>.425</td> <td>.222</td> <td>.609</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>8.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Looney, Kevon"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kevon_Looney" title="Kevon Looney">Kevon Looney</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>20.8</td> <td>.583</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.250</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Cook, Quinn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Cook" title="Quinn Cook">Quinn Cook</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>14.7</td> <td>.379</td> <td>.313</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Livingston, Shaun"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Livingston" title="Shaun Livingston">Shaun Livingston</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>16.3</td> <td>.417</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Jerebko, Jonas"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jonas_Jerebko" title="Jonas Jerebko">Jonas Jerebko</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.375</td> <td>.750</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Bogut, Andrew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bogut" title="Andrew Bogut">Andrew Bogut</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>8.9</td> <td><b>.750</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="McKinnie, Alfonzo"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alfonzo_McKinnie" title="Alfonzo McKinnie">Alfonzo McKinnie</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>9.6</td> <td>.313</td> <td>.300</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Bell, Jordan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Bell" title="Jordan Bell">Jordan Bell</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>.750</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Evans, Jacob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Evans" title="Jacob Evans">Jacob Evans</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Damian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Jones_(basketball)" title="Damian Jones (basketball)">Damian Jones</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Toronto Raptors</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Toronto Raptors statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #CE1141 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#FDE910"><span data-sort-value="Leonard, Kawhi"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>40.5</b></td> <td>.434</td> <td>.357</td> <td>.906</td> <td><b>9.8</b></td> <td>4.2</td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>1.5</td> <td><b>29.5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Siakam, Pascal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Siakam" title="Pascal Siakam">Pascal Siakam</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>40.1</td> <td>.505</td> <td>.238</td> <td>.762</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>19.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Lowry, Kyle"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Lowry" title="Kyle Lowry">Kyle Lowry</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>38.1</td> <td>.425</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.789</td> <td>4.0</td> <td><b>7.2</b></td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>16.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="VanVleet, Fred"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Fred_VanVleet" title="Fred VanVleet">Fred VanVleet</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>32.4</td> <td>.444</td> <td>.400</td> <td>.857</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>14.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Gasol, Marc"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Gasol" title="Marc Gasol">Marc Gasol</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>28.8</td> <td>.447</td> <td>.316</td> <td>.923</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Ibaka, Serge"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Serge_Ibaka" title="Serge Ibaka">Serge Ibaka</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>19.3</td> <td><b>.560</b></td> <td>.333</td> <td>.769</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.8</td> <td><b>1.7</b></td> <td>11.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Green, Danny"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Green_(basketball)" title="Danny Green (basketball)">Danny Green</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>27.2</td> <td>.390</td> <td>.364</td> <td>.000</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>7.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Powell, Norman"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Powell" title="Norman Powell">Norman Powell</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.0</td> <td>.308</td> <td>.167</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="McCaw, Patrick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McCaw" title="Patrick McCaw">Patrick McCaw</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>.500</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Lin, Jeremy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Lin" title="Jeremy Lin">Jeremy Lin</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Meeks, Jodie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Meeks" title="Jodie Meeks">Jodie Meeks</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Miller, Malcolm"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Miller_(basketball)" title="Malcolm Miller (basketball)">Malcolm Miller</a></span></span></span> </th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b>Bold</b>: team high</li> <li>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of a multiyear partnership that began in 2018, the internet television service <a href="/wiki/YouTube_TV" title="YouTube TV">YouTube TV</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Title_sponsor" class="mw-redirect" title="Title sponsor">presenting sponsor</a> of the series,<sup id="cite_ref-USAToday20180326_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday20180326-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even in Canada despite its lack of legal availability there at the time, which was officially named the <i>NBA Finals 2019 presented by YouTube TV</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg/220px-1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg/330px-1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg/440px-1_matt_devlin_jack_armstrong_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4299" data-file-height="2925" /></a><figcaption>Toronto Raptors commentary team members <a href="/wiki/Matt_Devlin_(sportscaster)" title="Matt Devlin (sportscaster)">Matt Devlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Armstrong_(basketball)" title="Jack Armstrong (basketball)">Jack Armstrong</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Arena" title="Scotiabank Arena">Scotiabank Arena</a> during Game 2; note the advertisement of YouTube TV (despite its lack of legal availability there at the time) behind the announcers</figcaption></figure> <p>In the United States, the Finals was televised by <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ABC" title="NBA on ABC">ABC</a> in English (including local station <a href="/wiki/KGO-TV" title="KGO-TV">KGO-TV</a> in San Francisco) and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Deportes" title="ESPN Deportes">ESPN Deportes</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>. Play-by-play commentator <a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a>, and analysts <a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a> called the series on ABC, while <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mart%C3%ADn_(sports_announcer)" title="Álvaro Martín (sports announcer)">Álvaro Martín</a> (play-by-play) and Carlos Morales (analyst) were on ESPN Deportes.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was also <a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a>'s last year in the NBA Finals as sideline reporter on TV; a year later, she transitioned to calling the series as an analyst on the ESPN Radio.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Canada, the Raptors' and the NBA's main local rightsholders, <a href="/wiki/Sportsnet" title="Sportsnet">Sportsnet</a> (which aired games 1, 3, and 5, and would have aired game 7) and <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a> (games 2, 4, and 6) aired separate, local telecasts with the Raptors' commentary team of <a href="/wiki/Matt_Devlin_(sportscaster)" title="Matt Devlin (sportscaster)">Matt Devlin</a> on play-by-play, and <a href="/wiki/Leo_Rautins" title="Leo Rautins">Leo Rautins</a> (Sportsnet) or <a href="/wiki/Jack_Armstrong_(basketball)" title="Jack Armstrong (basketball)">Jack Armstrong</a> (TSN) as analysts. TSN sister broadcast television network <a href="/wiki/CTV_2" title="CTV 2">CTV 2</a> aired simulcasts of ABC's feed for games 2 and 4 in order to enforce <a href="/wiki/Simultaneous_substitution" title="Simultaneous substitution">simultaneous substitution</a> rights on ABC stations carried on pay television,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while game 6 was simulcast on <a href="/wiki/CTV_Television_Network" title="CTV Television Network">CTV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sportsnet's sister broadcast network <a href="/wiki/Citytv" title="Citytv">Citytv</a> similarly simulcast games 3 and 5.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a> broadcast all six games in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>. </p><p>As the NBA's sole Canadian franchise, the Raptors' parent company <a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Sports_%26_Entertainment" title="Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment">Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment</a> (which is, in turn, majority owned between a partnership of Sportsnet and TSN's respective owners, <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Communications" title="Rogers Communications">Rogers Communications</a> and <a href="/wiki/BCE_Inc." title="BCE Inc.">BCE Inc.</a>) manages the league's national media rights in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series technically marked the first time that a team's regional broadcaster has produced its own coverage of games during the NBA Finals; these local broadcasts had access to ABC's camera feeds, along with additional cameras that were part of its own production resources.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viewership">Viewership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Viewership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals television ratings</a></div> <p>In Canada, Game 1 recorded an average of 3.3 million viewers on Sportsnet, making it the highest-rated NBA game in Canadian history.<sup id="cite_ref-ca_g1_ratings_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g1_ratings-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By contrast, with 10.77 million U.S. viewers, Game 1 was the second lowest-rated NBA Finals game in the U.S. after the <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020 NBA Finals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Game1Rating_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1Rating-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Analysts cited both the presence of a Canadian team (Canadian viewership does not count towards U.S. Nielsen ratings, leading to only one U.S. home market being reflected in viewership, being the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a> market), and being the first NBA Finals not to feature a team with <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> since <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a>, as factors in the drop.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Warriors' home market, ratings were also lower in comparison to its past Game 1 appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Canadian record would be surpassed by Game 2, with an average of 4.3 million across TSN, the French-language broadcast on RDS, and CTV2's simulcast of ABC's broadcast, and an estimate that the game was seen at any point by at least 10 million viewers. The game also had a 68 percent ratings share in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Toronto_and_Hamilton_Area" title="Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area">Toronto–Hamilton</a> market. Game 3 was seen by 3.8 million viewers across Sportsnet and Citytv.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ca_g23_ratings_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g23_ratings-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The downward trend of U.S. viewership continued on Game 4, with a 9.8 share for the Friday-night game (a 12.5 percent year-over-year decline over Game 4 in 2018).<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TSN reported average viewership of 4.631 million, surpassing Canadian NBA viewership records for the third time in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-ca_g4_ratings_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g4_ratings-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. Game 5 viewership was 37% higher over Game 4, at 18.22 million, while Sportsnet reported an average of 6.4 million viewers across Sportsnet and the Citytv simulcast of ABC coverage—surpassing the series finale of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory" title="The Big Bang Theory">The Big Bang Theory</a></i> (4.33 million), <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII" title="Super Bowl LIII">Super Bowl LIII</a> (4.34 million), and the <a href="/wiki/91st_Academy_Awards" title="91st Academy Awards">91st Academy Awards</a> (5.21 million)<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts_in_Canada" title="List of most watched television broadcasts in Canada">most-watched television broadcast</a> of 2019 in Canada, and once again the most-watched NBA telecast in Canada. The NBA itself estimated 6.9 million viewers when accounting for the French-language feed on RDS and estimated viewership on out-of-market stations.<sup id="cite_ref-bucholtz_06122019_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bucholtz_06122019-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Game 6 further exceeded these numbers with an average of 7.7 million. TSN publicized that a total of 15.9 million unique viewers watched some point of the telecast, and 9.99 million were watching during the final minute. TSN also reported that Game 6 had an 82 percent share of viewers in the Toronto–Hamilton market—which it stated to be the highest in the region for a sports broadcast outside of the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, summer or winter.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Game 6's ratings in the United States were slightly higher over Game 5, with 18.34 million.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Game </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Ratings</a><br />(American households) </th> <th scope="col">American audience<br />(in millions) </th> <th scope="col">Canadian average audience<br />(in millions) </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td>7.9</td> <td>13.31</td> <td>3.3</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ca_g1_ratings_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g1_ratings-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 </th> <td>8.0</td> <td>13.88</td> <td>4.3</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ca_g23_ratings_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g23_ratings-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 </th> <td>7.8</td> <td>13.10</td> <td>3.8</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ca_g23_ratings_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g23_ratings-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 </th> <td>7.6</td> <td>12.79</td> <td>4.6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-ca_g4_ratings_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ca_g4_ratings-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 </th> <td>10.6</td> <td>18.22</td> <td>6.4</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-bucholtz_06122019_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bucholtz_06122019-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 </th> <td>10.7</td> <td>18.34</td> <td>7.7</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th>Avg</th> <th>8.77</th> <th>14.94</th> <th>5.021 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victory_parade">Victory parade</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Victory parade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_(48086025892).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_%2848086025892%29.jpg/263px-Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_%2848086025892%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="263" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_%2848086025892%29.jpg/395px-Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_%2848086025892%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_%2848086025892%29.jpg/526px-Toronto_Raptors_victory_parade_on_We_The_North_Day_-_2019_%2848086025892%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Toronto's <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Phillips_Square" title="Nathan Phillips Square">Nathan Phillips Square</a> on June 17, 2019, with crowds surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Sign" title="Toronto Sign">Toronto Sign</a> during the victory parade</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 17, the Raptors held a victory parade in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Toronto" title="Downtown Toronto">Downtown Toronto</a>, which began at the <a href="/wiki/Princes%27_Gates" title="Princes' Gates">Princes' Gates</a> at the east end of <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_Place" title="Exhibition Place">Exhibition Place</a>, traveled east along <a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_Boulevard" title="Lake Shore Boulevard">Lake Shore Boulevard West</a>, north along York Street and <a href="/wiki/University_Avenue_(Toronto)" title="University Avenue (Toronto)">University Avenue</a>, east along <a href="/wiki/Queen_Street_(Toronto)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Street (Toronto)">Queen Street West</a>, and finished at <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Phillips_Square" title="Nathan Phillips Square">Nathan Phillips Square</a> next to <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City_Hall" title="Toronto City Hall">Toronto City Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parade was attended by an estimated crowd of two million fans, making this <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_peaceful_gatherings" title="List of largest peaceful gatherings">the largest public gathering in one place for one event in Canadian history</a>, peacetime or wartime. However, due to this overcrowding, the parade was delayed an additional three hours as numerous fans bypassed the barricades, blocking the parade route.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, excessive crowds delayed emergency services from attending to people in the crowd falling ill from heat exhaustion and dehydration, which resulted in the death of an infant.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on, the parade was marred by shootings, which occurred during the victory speeches.<sup id="cite_ref-torontoshooting_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-torontoshooting-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shootings wounded four people, though did not inflict life-threatening injuries, and caused a stampede.<sup id="cite_ref-torontoshooting_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-torontoshooting-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three suspects were arrested and two guns were recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-torontoshooting_95-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-torontoshooting-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2 <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission" title="Toronto Transit Commission">Toronto Transit</a> Events Support buses along with a few bus shelters and police cars were destroyed.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/police-cars-smashed-buses-vandalized-during-raptors-celebrations-in-toronto-1.4466526?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F">[1]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warriors">Warriors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the offseason, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> left to join the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a>, but did not play until the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NBA_season" title="2020–21 NBA season">2020–21 season</a> due to the Achilles injury he suffered in the Finals. Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Klay_Thompson" title="Klay Thompson">Klay Thompson</a> did not play for the next two seasons due to the ACL injury he suffered in the Finals, and an Achilles tear he suffered in the succeeding offseason. </p><p>Without Thompson and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> for most of the <a href="/wiki/Suspension_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="Suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season">pandemic-shortened 2019–20 season</a>, the Warriors finished with a conference-worst and league-worst 15–50 record, and did not qualify for the <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Bubble" title="2020 NBA Bubble">Orlando bubble</a> in the summer. In the 72-game 2020–21 season, they finished eighth in the conference with 39 wins and qualified for the <a href="/wiki/NBA_play-in_tournament#2021" title="NBA play-in tournament">play-in tournament</a>, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2020–21 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Memphis_Grizzlies_season" title="2020–21 Memphis Grizzlies season">Memphis Grizzlies</a> in the first and second phases, respectively. However, with Thompson and Curry back and healthy, the Warriors finished the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NBA_season" title="2021–22 NBA season">2021–22 season</a> third in the conference with 53 wins, and eventually defeated the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2021–22 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> in six games of the <a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022 NBA Finals</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Raptors">Raptors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Raptors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2019 offseason, <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a> signed with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> after only one season in Toronto. Nevertheless, the Raptors still finished the 2019–20 season 53–19 and were invited to the Orlando bubble during the summer. However, they lost in seven games to the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Boston_Celtics_season" title="2019–20 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_playoffs#(2)_Toronto_Raptors_vs._(3)_Boston_Celtics" title="2020 NBA playoffs">second round of the playoffs</a>. The following season, the Raptors were forced to play all of their home games at <a href="/wiki/Amalie_Arena" title="Amalie Arena">Amalie Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> due to Canadian travel restrictions brought on by the pandemic. The team finished the season out of the playoffs with 27 wins. However, in the 2021–22 season, the Raptors resumed playing home games in Toronto and ended with 48 wins; however, they lost in the <a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_playoffs#(4)_Philadelphia_76ers_vs._(5)_Toronto_Raptors" title="2022 NBA playoffs">opening round</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2021–22 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. The Raptors would become the last team to win the NBA championship on their debut appearance until the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> in <a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Countdown" title="NBA Countdown">NBA Countdown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Access_with_Ahmad_Rashad" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad">NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Inside_Stuff" title="NBA Inside Stuff">NBA Inside Stuff</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Saturday_Primetime" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Saturday Primetime">NBA Saturday Primetime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_Sunday_Showcase" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Sunday Showcase">NBA Sunday Showcase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WNBA_on_ABC" title="WNBA on ABC">WNBA on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_ESPN" title="NBA on ESPN">NBA on ESPN</a></i></th><td 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draft">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_draft" title="2006 NBA draft">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_draft" title="2007 NBA draft">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_draft" title="2008 NBA draft">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_draft" title="2009 NBA draft">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_draft" title="2010 NBA draft">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_draft" title="2011 NBA draft">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_draft" title="2012 NBA draft">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_draft" title="2013 NBA draft">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_draft" title="2014 NBA draft">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_draft" title="2015 NBA draft">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_draft" title="2016 NBA draft">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_draft" title="2017 NBA draft">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_draft" title="2018 NBA draft">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_draft" title="2020 NBA draft">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_draft" title="2021 NBA draft">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_draft" title="2022 NBA draft">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_draft" title="2023 NBA draft">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_draft" title="2024 NBA draft">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-NBA<br />programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">College Basketball on ABC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_Olympic_broadcasts" title="ABC Olympic broadcasts">Olympics on ABC</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ABC_commentators" title="List of NBA on ABC commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ESPN_commentators" title="List of NBA on ESPN commentators">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA All-Star Game broadcasters">WNBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Chet Forte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howard" title="Chuck Howard">Chuck Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ruocco" title="Ryan Ruocco">Ryan Ruocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Sean Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">Johnny Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Majerle" title="Dan Majerle">Dan Majerle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Jack Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline<br />reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Gutierrez" title="Israel Gutierrez">Israel Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hubbarth" title="Cassidy Hubbarth">Cassidy Hubbarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Masekela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sal Masekela">Sal Masekela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sedano" title="Jorge Sedano">Jorge Sedano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beadle" title="Michelle Beadle">Michelle Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenberg" title="Mike Greenberg">Mike Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Nichols_(journalist)" title="Rachel Nichols (journalist)">Rachel Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Patrick (sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sage_Steele" title="Sage Steele">Sage Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Taylor_(sportscaster)" title="Maria Taylor (sportscaster)">Maria Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Broussard" title="Chris Broussard">Chris Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Perkins" title="Kendrick Perkins">Kendrick Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Smith" title="Stephen A. Smith">Stephen A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilbon" title="Michael Wilbon">Michael Wilbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Jay Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wojnarowski" title="Adrian Wojnarowski">Adrian Wojnarowski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a><br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Barnett" title="Dave Barnett">Dave Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">Johnny Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a> (Games 2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a> (Games 1, 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a> (Games 3, 5-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_Finals" title="2003 WNBA Finals">2003</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_Finals" title="2005 WNBA Finals">2005</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_WNBA_Finals" title="2010 WNBA Finals">2010</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_WNBA_Finals" title="2014 WNBA Finals">2014</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_Finals" title="2015 WNBA Finals">2015</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_Finals" title="2017 WNBA Finals">2017</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_Finals" title="2018 WNBA Finals">2018</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_Finals" title="2019 WNBA Finals">2019</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_WNBA_Finals" title="2020 WNBA Finals">2020</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_WNBA_Finals" title="2021 WNBA Finals">2021</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_Finals" title="2022 WNBA Finals">2022</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_Finals" title="2023 WNBA Finals">2023</a> (Games 1, 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_Finals" title="2024 WNBA Finals">2024</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1968 NBA All-Star Game">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1969 NBA All-Star Game">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 NBA All-Star Game">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1972 NBA All-Star Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1973 NBA All-Star Game">1973</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 WNBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 WNBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 WNBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 WNBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 WNBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2013 WNBA All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 WNBA All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2017 WNBA All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2018 WNBA All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 WNBA All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 WNBA All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2023 WNBA All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 WNBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman#Broadcasting_career" title="Jack Twyman"><i>"I think we see Willis coming out!"</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Block_(basketball)" title="The Block (basketball)">"The Block (2016)"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a> </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Bryant–O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Lakers–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry">Cavaliers–Warriors</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">ESPN lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malice_at_the_Palace" title="Malice at the Palace">"Malice at the Palace"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_Championship" title="McDonald's Championship">McDonald's<br />Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1987 McDonald's Open">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1988 McDonald's Open">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1989 McDonald's Open">1989</a></li></ul> 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style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Amin" title="Adam Amin">Adam Amin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Calabro" title="Kevin Calabro">Kevin Calabro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Flemming" title="Dave Flemming">Dave Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Kelley_(sportscaster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Kelley (sportscaster)">Sean Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Kestecher" title="Marc Kestecher">Marc Kestecher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kelenna_Azubuike" title="Kelenna Azubuike">Kelenna Azubuike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalyn_Gold-Onwude" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosalyn Gold-Onwude">Rosalyn Gold-Onwude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Perdue" title="Will Perdue">Will Perdue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Bucher" title="Ric Bucher">Ric Bucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Carter" title="Fred Carter">Fred Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinny_Del_Negro" title="Vinny Del Negro">Vinny Del Negro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramona_Shelburne" title="Ramona Shelburne">Ramona Shelburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Smith_(sports_reporter)" title="Shelley Smith (sports reporter)">Shelley Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="Doug Brown (sportscaster)">Doug Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Kestecher" title="Marc Kestecher">Marc Kestecher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo" title="P. J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_McNutt" title="Monica McNutt">Monica McNutt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Chris Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Perdue" title="Will Perdue">Will Perdue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1996 NBA All-Star Game">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1997 NBA All-Star Game">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1998 NBA All-Star Game">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2000 NBA All-Star Game">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2001 NBA All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 NBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2004 NBA All-Star Game">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 NBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 NBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2008 NBA All-Star Game">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 NBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 NBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2012 NBA All-Star Game">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2013 NBA All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2014 NBA All-Star Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 NBA All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2016 NBA All-Star Game">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2017 NBA All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2018 NBA All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 NBA All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2020 NBA All-Star Game">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2021 NBA All-Star Game">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 NBA All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2023 NBA All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 NBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2025 NBA All-Star Game">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a 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