Raptors capture first NBA title, beat Warriors in Game 6By The Manila Timeshome/Second Headlines/Raptors capture first NBA title, beat Warriors in Game 6OAKLAND, 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 on Thursday night in a Game 6 for the ages that spoiled a sensational send-off at Oracle Arena. The Raptors pulled off a third straight win on Golden State’s home floor that said goodbye to NBA basketball after 47 seasons. Golden State already was down two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant, who had surgery Wednesday for a ruptured right Achilles tendon. This thrilling back-and-forth game featured 18 lead changes, nine ties and neither team going ahead by more than nine points. Iguodala added 22 for his biggest game this postseason as the Warriors did everything until the very last moment to leave a lasting legacy at Oracle.

Source: Manila Times June 14, 2019 04:07 UTC