2019 NBA Finals

The 2019 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2018–19 season and conclusion of the season’s playoffs. From 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, making the franchise its first NBA championship in addition to the first win with a group based outside the USA. In his first year playing the Raptors after being acquired via a trade throughout the off-season, Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second time in his career.
This was the first NBA Finals appearance for the Raptors, and the league’s first finals with matches played out of the USA. Home-court benefit was granted to Toronto, who completed the regular season with an additional win (58–24) than Golden State (57–25). This was the very 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 over the previous five postseasons, the Warriors as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t match in the tournament round. This was the first finals since 2010 not to include LeBron James, who played with in the previous eight finals with Cleveland and the Miami Heat.

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