RAPTORS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS!

06/14/2019

Oakland, California–Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured Canada’s first NBA championship with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise’s NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered and depleted two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 114-110…

Warriors’ Kevin Durant undergoes surgery for ruptured Achilles

AP 06/13/2019

OAKLAND, California — Kevin Durant confirmed what everyone most feared: He underwent surgery for a ruptured right Achilles tendon. Durant posted on social media Wednesday the severity of his injury two days after getting hurt during Game…

Much at stake in a last NBA Finals trip to Oracle Arena

AP 06/12/2019

TORONTO — The NBA Finals are making one last trip to Oracle Arena. For the Toronto Raptors, it’s a second shot at a first championship. For the Golden State Warriors, it’ll be a night to play for…

NBA says Gasol should have gone to foul line late in Game 5

AP 06/12/2019

  OAKLAND, California — The NBA says Toronto’s Marc Gasol should have been given two free throws with 49 seconds left of Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto, a game that the Raptors lost to…

Golden State survives Toronto’s late-game surge to stay alive in NBA Finals

AP 06/11/2019

Toronto—Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Klay Thompson added 26 and they led a season-saving surge that gave the Golden State Warriors a 106-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night (Tuesday morning, Philippine time) in Game…

NBA Finals Game 5: Raptors can win it all; Durant may return 

AP 06/11/2019

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors can win their first championship and end Golden State’s quest for three in a row with one more victory. The Raptors can do it Monday night (Tuesday morning, Philippine time) in Game…

Analysis: Warriors’ hopes hinge on Durant coming back

AP 06/08/2019

OAKLAND, California — When Game 4 was over, while Toronto fans were waving Canadian flags in celebration inside an otherwise-stunned Oracle Arena, a glum-faced Kevin Durant was outside the Golden State locker room to greet equally glum…

In big trouble: Warriors trail Raptors, 3-1

AP 06/08/2019

OAKLAND, California  — Golden State coach Steve Kerr is fond of saying that the Warriors have seen everything in their five-year run as the best team in the NBA. They are now looking at something they haven’t…

Warriors’ investor banned for 1 year, fined $500,000 for shoving Toronto’s Kyle Lowry

AP 06/07/2019

OAKLAND, California — Toronto guard Kyle Lowry wanted the Golden State Warriors’ executive who shoved him during an NBA Finals game ousted from the league. The NBA decided a one-year ban and $500,000 fine is enough for…

NBA FINALS: Warriors’ Klay Thompson set to return in Game 4

AP 06/07/2019

Finals Recap: (Toronto leads, 2-1) Game 1: *Toronto 118 Golden State 109 Game 2: *Golden State 109 Toronto 104 Game 3: *Toronto 123 Golden State 109 OAKLAND, California  — Everyone knows about Klay Thompson’s ability to get…

Curry’s heroics not enough to save Warriors in Game 3

AP 06/06/2019

OAKLAND, California — Stephen Curry did all he could to lead the injury-depleted Golden State Warriors. It wasn’t enough. Curry scored 47 points — a playoff career-high for the three-time champion — but the Warriors still find…

Toronto Raptors win Game 3 of NBA Finals

AP 06/06/2019

OAKLAND, California  — Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green and Kyle Lowry kept finding answers for every big shot by Stephen Curry and the beat-up Warriors, and the Toronto Raptors grabbed a pivotal road win in the NBA Finals…

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