2019 NBA Finals
The 2019 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2018–19 season and conclusion of this year’s playoffs. In the best-of-seven playoff series held from May 30 through June 13, 2019, the Eastern Conference champion Toronto Raptors defeated the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors, four games to two, earning the franchise its first NBA championship as well as the first win with a group located outside the USA. In his first year playing the Raptors after being obtained using a trade during the off-season, Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second time in his profession.
This was the very first NBA Finals appearance for the Raptors, and the league’s first finals with games played out of the USA. Home-court advantage was awarded to Toronto, who completed the regular season with one more triumph (58–24) than Golden State (57–25). This was the first time in five consecutive NBA Finals appearances the then-two-time defending NBA-champion Warriors did not possess home-court advantage. Also for the first time within the previous five postseasons, the Warriors as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t meet in the championship round. This was the first finals since 2010 to not include LeBron James, who played with at the previous eight finals with Cleveland and the Miami Heat.
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