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 year’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 by a team based outside the USA. In his first year playing with the Raptors after being obtained using a trade during the off-season, Kawhi Leonard has been named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second time in his career.
This was the very first NBA Finals appearance for the Raptors, along with the league’s first finals with matches played out of the United States. Home-court benefit was granted to Toronto, who completed the regular season with one more win (58–24) than Golden State (57–25). This was the very first time in five consecutive NBA Finals appearances that the then-two-time defending NBA-champion Warriors did not possess home-court advantage. Also for the first time within the past five postseasons, the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t meet in the tournament round. This was the first finals since 2010 not to include LeBron James, who played with in the past eight finals together with Cleveland and the Miami Heat.

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