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Since the Toronto Raptors’ first NBA season in 1995, the team and their fans have suffered through outright embarrassment and agonizing playoff defeats, waiting for their moment on basketball’s biggest stage.
On Thursday night, the Raptors didn’t just arrive on that stage for the first time but showed that they belong with a gritty and resolute 118-109 win over the defending champion Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA finals.
Written by Joshua Kloke at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/30/nba-finals-toronto-raptors-golden-state-warriors-pascal-siakam under the title “NBA finals: Pascal Siakam soars as Raptors beat Warriors in Game 1”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
