Golden State Warriors 92 Toronto Raptors 105 (Toronto lead seven-game series 3-1)The Golden State Warriors may never play another game at Oracle Arena, the concrete relic they call home, but that is suddenly a secondary concern at best for the NBA’s reigning but reeling champions. The Toronto Raptors moved to the brink of their first NBA championship on Friday night by outlasting the favoured Warriors 105-92 in a Game 4 slog. Fuelled by a Golden State-style haymaker in the third quarter, Toronto seized a three-games-to-one series lead to take back to Canada for Monday night’s Game 5. A three-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven finals has led to 33 titles in 34 prior finals series. Warriors coach Steve Kerr acknowledged in his pre-game news conference that Durant’s comeback may have to wait until next Thursday’s Game 6 back at Oracle – provided Golden State can get there.

Source: The Irish Times June 08, 2019 11:48 UTC