What is your favorite part of the Raptors being in the Finals ..

[octothorp]

Tough. Games I'd say:

1. Game 6 - Finals. Obviously the clincher but overcame a Herculean effort by the Warriors. Van Vleet's back up three to get the lead late.

2. Game 3 - Milwaukee. Lowry fouling out early in the 4th. Missed free throws. Grinded out a win to just stay in it but that game wounded the Bucks psyche.

3. Game 4 - Philly. Raps were in big trouble. Kawhi with that three over Embiid saved them.

4. Game 7 - Sixers. The shot. Still think they win that in OT.

5. Game 5 - MKE. Broke the Bucks back.

Too many moments to even mention.

For me Game 6 against Milwaukee needs to be on the list. GSW looked so in control, up 15, 2 minutes left in the third, and you think maybe get it to 10 by the end of the quarter and you've got a shot. Kawhi takes over and cuts it to 5. Bench comes in to start the 4th, grabs the lead. Kawhi comes back in and puts in out of reach, punctuated by that gorgeous Lowry steal leading to a Kawhi dunk over Giannis.

[KeonClark]

It's crazy to really think how much perseverance it took, how many times it could have gone off the rails..one bounce here, one break there. What a fucking marathon

[slaw]

If you had to pick one or two big games or big moments of the playoffs ... how do you see it stacking up ?

For me its a tie between the shot to beat philly and the incredibly gutty win in game 3 vs the bucks in overtime.
If the shot doesn't fall it OT and who knows what happens. If they somehow lost game 3 against the Bucks it was pretty much over. No body really comes back from down 0-3

Next up is taking 3 games on the road in the final series....

Tough. Games I'd say:

1. Game 6 - Finals. Obviously the clincher but overcame a Herculean effort by the Warriors. Van Vleet's back up three to get the lead late.

2. Game 3 - Milwaukee. Lowry fouling out early in the 4th. Missed free throws. Grinded out a win to just stay in it but that game wounded the Bucks psyche.

3. Game 4 - Philly. Raps were in big trouble. Kawhi with that three over Embiid saved them.

4. Game 7 - Sixers. The shot. Still think they win that in OT.

5. Game 5 - MKE. Broke the Bucks back.

Too many moments to even mention.

[Demographic Shift]

If you had to pick one or two big games or big moments of the playoffs ... how do you see it stacking up ?

For me its a tie between the shot to beat philly and the incredibly gutty win in game 3 vs the bucks in overtime.
If the shot doesn't fall it OT and who knows what happens. If they somehow lost game 3 against the Bucks it was pretty much over. No body really comes back from down 0-3

Next up is taking 3 games on the road in the final series....

[guyroch]

Somebody has to change this thread title to "What's your favorite part of Raptors being the Champions"

I think the journey is often as great as the final destination ...

[BadDinosaur]

Somebody has to change this thread title to "What's your favorite part of Raptors being the Champions"

[golden]

I hope they respect the Raps more knowing this city is a damn cash cow... if they see the Leafs they know Toronto spends huge money at their sports teams.

Most definitely. Even the U.S. Nielsen ratings finished strong for games 5 & 6 and it's off the charts when you add the Canadian viewership. That's not even taking into account the global viewership & streaming, which is at an all-time high. Eyeballs = money, and the NBA is all about that.

[RandomGuy]

You guys. We won the championship.

I still can't get over it.

[Scraptor]

You guys. We won the championship.

I still can't get over it.

[sanyo]

"The NBA announced that, by Friday afternoon, the combined online sales through NBAStore.com and NBAStore.ca (the American and Canadian sites, respectively) had eclipsed the previous record by 80 percent. The previous sales record was set in 2016, and Friday’s records were up 100 per cent year-over-year, according to the NBA."

Pretty crazy. Made me smile that the Raptors beat out a finals that included Lebron James.

As my daughter said when she messaged me this info, "I guess that's what happens when you have a whole country cheering for you."

I hope they respect the Raps more knowing this city is a damn cash cow... if they see the Leafs they know Toronto spends huge money at their sports teams.

[Kagemusha]

Hes going places on sports TV, mark my words. Hes a natural

Park's lovable southern accent and his genuine charm is a revelation.
Dude picked the Raps to win it all from game 1.

[KeonClark]

Kendrick Perkins has been an hilarious and insightful analyst out of nowhere. the dudes twitter was awesome this post season and he has always kept it real when ever I have seen him on TV. hopefully he gets a full time gig somewhere next season.

Hes going places on sports TV, mark my words. Hes a natural

[bertarapsfan]

I got to hate the entire US media, as finally there was Just The Raptors and another team left. They were so disrespectful the entire time......all but one guy, well 2.

!. Kendrick Perkins. He didn't waver, and he fed the talking heads their asses in debates.
2. Believe it or not, Paul Pierce. Afterhalf way through the Sixers series, he was finally all in. And he stayed in. Thats eating crow like a man.

Kendrick Perkins has been an hilarious and insightful analyst out of nowhere. the dudes twitter was awesome this post season and he has always kept it real when ever I have seen him on TV. hopefully he gets a full time gig somewhere next season.

[Superjudge]

I got to hate the entire US media, as finally there was Just The Raptors and another team left. They were so disrespectful the entire time......all but one guy, well 2.

!. Kendrick Perkins. He didn't waver, and he fed the talking heads their asses in debates.
2. Believe it or not, Paul Pierce. Afterhalf way through the Sixers series, he was finally all in. And he stayed in. Thats eating crow like a man.

[GOLDBLUM]

A few favourites...

Man... Ok... To have experienced watching that victory with my best old college buddies -- and my one buddy (who's initials happen to be KD) somehow got us upgraded from a regular room to the insane presidential suite at The Grand Hotel at Dundas & Jarvis... It was meant to be. (You the real KD-MVP.)

From another angle.

Quoting golden quoting me from another page...

This moment watching Masai experience the very height of human joy when he sees all of his sacrifices and hard work pay off when Kyle fucking Lowry hoists the first ever Raptor's Larry O'B Championship trophy. It doesn't get any better than that.