Toronto Raptors handled business last night by winning game six 114-110, to win their first NBA Championship in franchise history.
First KD went down, then Klay Thompson went down with a knee injury late in the third quarter of game six, that later ended up being announced as a torn ACL. Despite all the injuries, the Warriors still fought, but it wasn’t enough Toronto Raptors was hungry for a championship.
Kawhi carries the team throughout the playoffs, but last night it Kyle Lowry who carried the Raptors in a closeout game. After being mocked for years about choking in the playoffs. Kyle showed Philly toughness and showed up where it mattered the most finishing with 26 points, ten assists, and seven rebounds.
Fred VanVleet was another key contributor in the Raptors winning in game six, finishing with 22 points, after hitting clutch three after three to take the life out of the Golden State Warriors.
Pascal Siakam has another clutch performance in one of the biggest games of his career thus far. Siakam finished with 26 points and ten rebounds. He was dominant in the paint and was getting any shot he wanted in the paint.
Serge Ibaka came off the bench and score 15 crucial points.
Kawhi Leonard, 2019 NBA Finals MVP, finished with 22 points and six rebounds.
Golden State missed nine three throws in this game and surprisingly only lost by four. Free throws could have helped them force a game seven, even with all the injuries that happened to them.
Steph Curry missed a game-winning three, he struggled shooting 3 for 11 behind the arc, but nonetheless still finished with 21 points.
Before Klay Thompson, went down with a knee injury, from a dunk attempt, that leads to getting fouled by Danny Green, he was shooting lights out. Klay Thompson ended with 30 points.
Draymond Green had another superb all-around game, finishing with 11 points, 19 rebounds, and 13 assists.
Andre Iguodala stepped up this game finishing with 22 points.
DeMarcus Cousins finished with 12 points off the bench.
With the offseason coming up, we will soon see if in fact will the Golden State Warriors dynasty break up.
We already know it’s a strong possibility Kevin Durant will sign a lucrative contract elsewhere in free agency.
After Klay Thompson, didn’t make any All NBA Team, which makes him ineligible for the super max deal, could he look to play elsewhere and have his own team? Only time will tell.
Will other GM’s start to be more aggressive to create for a championship contender roster, even it means trading one of their best players for it to happen?
Masai Ujiri made a gutsy call trading away Kawhi and firing Dwayne Casey, but it leads to an NBA Championship who can argue with those results.
We will soon what move Ujiri will make this offseason for the Toronto Raptors. They will need to do everything in their power, to retain Kawhi Leonard and sign him to a long term max deal.
