NBA FINALS 2019 |——| WARRIORS -vs- RAPTORS |——| USA -vs- CANADA

I can’t believe it

happy 4 masai

congrats to everyone in the toronto raps org except uncle dennis

Mccaw threepeats

Raptors played like champions. So did the Warriors. Congratulations all around for fantastic effort on the court. Great drama. Often great hoops.

You just have to let go of all the injuries and questionable calls and just figure the team that scores the most points wins the game and the first team to 4 wins gets the ring. There's no other way to look at it that works any better than that.

they shd give uncle dennis a ring

board man gets trophy

if Kawhi bolts for the Clips or something that has got to be the best single season rental trade of all time maybe

kawhi thinking about getting some shots up

GS fans classy sticking around and cheering

look I didn't want the Warriors to threepeat either but this was a particularly cruel way to lose

really happy for kyle and marc.

hah just remembered I bet Raps +2.5

Local boy Jeremy Lin (Palo Alto, about 30 miles from Oakland) wins his first NBA championship.

i was thinking of you when the refs called that foul so that kawhi could hit a couple of Fts

xp

Durant getting wrecked like that in G5 and Klay on crutches after this one, it really was a helluva way to go out.

Raps were underdogs so those FTs didn't matter but I admit I double checked

if Kawhi bolts for the Clips or something...

From what little I can see into his mind, I think that will happen next season. Leonard really wants to go home to live in LA. The Clippers seem a bit better bet than the Lakers.

Lowry's a cop but happy for the rest of the Raps.

this is fucking funny

ESPN Sources: The Washington Wizards are preparing to make a prolific offer to Toronto's championship architect Masai Ujiri -- as much as $10M annually -- to run its basketball operations. https://t.co/KQf18YUkLN

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 14, 2019

dubs first team since russell celtics to make 5 finals in a row

I'm cut out for baseball, not that. Excruciating, something closer to relief than joy right now.

clemenza congrats now you know how spurs fans feel a lot of the time

Woj cocked and loaded lol

hah kawhi would have been unanimous mvp but hubie voted for vanvleet

i hesitate to say GSW *should* have won five in a row but their two losses were super excruciating (for them) close calls with a lot of extenuating circumstances

yup

Vanvleet was so good on both sides what a little baller

he was awesome tbf but he was not the mvp

Got so much more respect for teams that three peated I mean so much has to go right for you to do it

Obv xp

lol

And y’all thought I was the curse .. tuh! pic.twitter.com/KNALLfd2yR

— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) June 14, 2019

xp definitely still the best short defender i've ever seen

durant wouldnt have joined up if they win that second year tho so i mean they prob dont make five straight if that happens xpssss

Obviously I'm super happy for my team but it's nuts that the Warriors kept it that close despite all those injuries. Best wishes for Oakland fans who shouldn't see their franchise move away from them like that.

Just imagining Harry B instead of KD on a similar contract the last three seasons....

Wanted a game 7 bad congrats van horn

Bummed for klay that dude was having an all time game

So sad the season is over now. Nothing but baseball, golf, women's world cup, and a bit of tennis to fill the aching void. Think I'll leave town and go for a couple of hikes, maybe a bit of camping, too, until the world's best sport comes back.

@NateSilver538
Just watched a Canadian team win a championship in an American sport while drinking beer from a Dutch multinational conglomerate at an Irish-themed bar in Brazil while wearing a cap with a Japanese baseball team's logo. Then took an Uber home. Have achieved peak @neoliberal-ism.

So how long till Kawhi signs to the Lakers?

Hoops is a world sport now.

draft in seven days btw ;)

Nate Silver vv trenchant there

<an american sport>

can't get over how much "Fred VanVleet" sounds like a dude selling junk Toyotas in Sheboygan Wisconsin

Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr.

Van Vleet & Sons

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8_uk8EU4AA56wd.jpg

Steve Kerr said Klay Thompson told him on his way off the court: "Just a two minute rest and I'll be ready." Next thing Kerr heard Klay was done for the night, crutching out of the arena.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) June 14, 2019