With their first entry into the finals this year, the Toronto Raptors vows to bring the NBA Championship to their home turf, yet, they faces a tough team, former NBA champs Golden State Warrior. It was a competitive game against the Warriors but the fans' crazy reaction, last night at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, was the boost that they needed in the first game of the series.
Their dominance began in the first quarter where Danny Green made a three-point-play, yet, Kawhi Leonard followed up the lead from Green with another three-point-shot. The score was 6-4 at the time until Warriors stepped up to make it a tie game at 9-9. After Warriors managed to make it a tie game, Raptors refused to back down considering the tough team who entered their arena.
When Raptors noticed that the Warriors trailed right behind them in the second quarter, they've unleashed with multiple shots which caused them to play hard for a dominate lead, with the score of 56 to 49.
It was an ongoing effort from the Raptors even though Golden State had a lot of energy to end their momentum. The third quarter occurred with the same result where Toronto played impressively, with a 10 point lead of 51 to 61, until the 4th quarter where the Raptors stepped up even more a for a victory as the final score was Raptors 118 to Warriors 109.
Stats:
Kawhi Leonard: 8 Reb 5 Ast 23 Pts
Pascal Siakam: 8 Reb 5 Ast 32 Pts
Kyle Lowry: 6 Reb 9 Ast 7 Pts
Danny Green: 2 Reb 1 Ast 11 Pts