VanVleet, looking battered with a bandage under the eye he cut a couple of games earlier, clenched his fists and let out a jubilant yell after the final one.Ī Lowry basket made it a six-point Raptors lead with 2:14 to play. VanVleet had three big three-pointers in the second half: his first tied the game, his second gave Toronto a one-point lead with 7:08 to play, and his third put Toronto up 104-101 with 3:44 to play. Golden State led 88-86 with one quarter to play. A three-pointer by Andre Iguodala with a minute left in the third put the Warriors up by five - their biggest lead to that point - and ignited the rowdy crowd. Three days after connecting on just eight three-pointers in Game 5, the Raptors had nine from deep by the end of the first half Thursday.ĬANADA, THE TITLE IS YOURS! #WeTheNorth /QaCvuX5bsKīoth Lowry and Leonard ran into foul trouble in the third quarter, picking up their fourth fouls. In what will go down as one of the most exciting games in recent Finals history, Lowry, playing with the sprained left thumb he suffered in Game 7 of the conference semis 12 games earlier, got the Raptors going, staking his team to an early nine-point lead in a thoroughly entertaining first half of breakneck basketball. Andre Iguodala added 22, while Stephen Curry finished with 21. Klay Thompson had 30 points for the Warriors, who had won three of the past four NBA championships. Kawhi Leonard, who was named Finals MVP, finished with 22, and Serge Ibaka chipped in with 15. Pascal Siakam added 26 points, while Fred VanVleet had 12 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. “Basketball has come full circle in Canada, invented by a Canadian, the first NBA game was in Toronto and now an NBA championship,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said before presenting the trophy to the Raptors. Kyle Lowry had 26 points, nine assists and seven rebounds to lift the Raptors to a thrilling 114-110 victory over the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors on Thursday in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The Toronto Raptors are bringing the Larry O’Brien Trophy as NBA champions home to Canada, a brilliant basketball story 24 years in the making.
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