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And the Cavaliers are so much better without Lebron...

I hope that Toronto sweeps them.

I'd like it if they could win in 6 ... in golden state

Warriors will not be denied ...

Clutch shot by AI.

With KD out and Thompson hurting, game 3 should be open to the taking.

I thought Game 2 was very important for TOR to win given the circustances

Right, but if the Raptors can win game 3 or 4, they're back on track. I didn't think the Raptors would win only at home. The Warriors are too good to lose all four on the road.

Stupid Rockets chocked. They had every reason to win, and they let a wounded team just have their way with them.

I now hope they lose out. They are the Rockets, after all.

I never root for or celebrate an injury... but watching Klay Thompson hurt himself by landing awkwardly because he was trying to kick his legs out to draw a cheap foul on a routine 3-point shot... yea, I chuckled at that.

Are you talking about Houston, or did you mean to type "Raptors" instead of "Rockets?"

Yeah, Raptors.

I am really great at using wrong names when I get irritated.

In this game, the American National Anthem was infinitely better than the Canadian National Anthem. (Is Oh Canada supposed to sound that bad?)

But still, go Raptors

Oracle Arena looks like a cool venue.

They are moving to SF next year. Kinda sad in a way.

These refs and announcers aren't really hiding who they want to win.

Why couldn't this team play against the 2015 Cavs?

I know the Raptors won, but late in the game when Van Fleet hit that 3, why was no foul called? He was clearly fouled! When Curry gets blown on he gets the foul called, it is frustrating to watch.

If they were not all injured in 2015...

Then 2016 wouldn’t have happened. I’ll take how it played out those first two years. It made 2016 sweeter. KD flipped the script with his decision the past 2+ (Kyrie made his own crappy decision too).

Nice win for the raptors, eh?

Rigged. Sry I saw it live.

I know some people want to be able to carry that flag of being the only team that knocked these guys off, but I'm sorry, it's too much fun watching them lose. I hope the Raptors pull it off. Still a long way to go.

It won't take away from what happened 3 years ago, trust me

Did anyone see this?

The guy that shoved Lowry is one of the owners of the Warriors



Supposedly he also cursed at Lowry too.

Wow! I knew the fan was ejected and I knew it was big news, but I did not realize that the guy was one of Warriors' owners. Man!!!

j/c:

Oh no!

'Klay Thompson injury update: Warriors star will return for Game 4 of NBA Finals against Raptors, per report'

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/klay-...ors-per-report/

Don't agree. I think if the Cavs had a healthy squad in 2015, we'd have 2 in a row.

I think he means the way it happened. Where we took a team that was 73-9 and up 3-1 and came back and beat them.

Either way, I would of enjoyed a 2015 Championship just as much. That was one heck of a scrappy team, and I loved just about every second of their playoff run.

Good game tonight. I have never seen a team of bigger crybabies than GS. Refs seem to be calling it fairly even, and Curry and Green can't handle that.

The Clippers with CP3, Griffin, and Doc Rivers will never be topped as NBA whiners.

I never watched much of the Clippers then, but I don't know how anyone could be worse than this group of Warriors.

j/c:

Even with a slow start Toronto managed to win this one. Great game!

When you get physical with GS they became a shell of a team that can easily be beaten.

Congrats to Toronto, but that minority GS owner should be relieved of his share, inexcusable. $500k to a billionaire is nothing.

He should be excluded all together

j/c...

j/c:

Glad Toronto won and hope they win it all. However, what a story line it would be if Durant returned and brought them all the way back. I'd say that would cement his legacy as one of the greatest ever.

That would pizz me off to no end. There are/have been few teams in any sport that I dislike more than the current warriors.

I agree w/you. I can't stand them, as well. I'm just saying that it would be an incredible story line. One that all truly great players would cherish.

Yeah, thanks Eve. I meant how we won in 2016. Losing in 2015 gave us a quiet confidence for 2016. We kind of knew we were better had we been healthy.

Had we won in 2015 you can assume we win again, but you never know. If Kevin and Kyrie don’t get hurt in 2015, maybe they get hurt in 2016 or we are the 73-9 team that blows a 3-1 lead. Everything plays out different.

Sure, it would be nice to have more than one from that four year run, but that 3-1 comeback is historic. 33-1 is the record of teams being up 3-1 in the Finals. I suppose it’ll be 34-1 or 33-2 now. Hope it’s not the latter.

Yes it would but I hope it doesn't happen. I don't think he'll play for the rest of the Finals. (?)

The onion (note: satire!) had their opinion (very funny headline):

https://sports.theonion.com/employee-using-up-sick-days-before-leaving-company-1834924125

I thought when Klay Thompson came back? That might be it for the Raptors... Didn't turn out that way though (good).

I hope everyone who can watches the Finals. I have to work some days it's on but I record it, even though I know who won before I watch it. It's REALLY good TV - "the best of the best." IMHO

Maybe Toronto broke their back with that last win. Talented group. Not sure they have enough left to play their way out of this hole.

I also truly do not care who beats the. Guess I am a Raptor fan for a bit.