The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warrior 114-110 in Game 6 of the Finals on Thursday, June 13, at the Octagon Arena to win their first championship.
The Raptors sealed a 4-2 win in the best of seven NBA Finals.
Andre Iguodala #9 of Golden State and Kawhi Leonard #2 of Raptors battle for the ball in the second half during Game Six of the 2019 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California.
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Raptors came in guns blazing after having missed out on burying the Finals in Game five on Monday and we're out to an 11-2 lead after Kyle Lowry put in his third three-pointer of the game.
The Warriors fell to an astonishing 0-3 at home in the Finals and were now without injured Kevin Durant who had helped them stage a comeback to take the game to Game 6.
Golden State were however matched up to Toronto and put up a hard fight bringing down Raptor's lead to a point at 33-32 after 12 minutes of play.
The Toronto Raptors pose for a photo after their team defeated the Golden State Warriors to win Game Six of the 2019 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 13, 2019 in Oakland, California.
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Pascal Siakam and Lowry each scored 26 points while Van vleet and Kawhi Leonard added 22 apiece sealing Raptors win in the Golden State's home turf.
The game was at a deadlock up until VanVleet scored his fifth trey of the night to put Raptors ahead at 104-101.
Leonard won MVP after 10 out of 11 judges voted for him to join Lebron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only player to win with two different teams.
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