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2019 NBA Finals: Game 6 Notes Toronto Raptors 114, Golden State Warriors 110 Raptors Win Series 4-2 June 13, 2019
•The Raptors won their first NBA championship since joining the NBA in 1995. They are the first team fromoutside the United States to win an NBA title.
•Kawhi Leonard is the winner of the 2019 Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. The 6-7forward becomes the third player to earn the honor
with multiple teams, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar andLeBron James. Leonard previously won the award with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014.
•Kawhi Leonard received 10 of 11 votes for MVP from a media panel at the NBA Finals. Fred VanVleetreceived one vote. For complete voting results by media member, click here.
•Kawhi Leonard finished the 2019 playoffs with 732 points, the third most in a single postseason in NBAhistory. The only players with more points in a single postseason are Michael Jordan (759 in 1992) and LeBronJames (748 in 2018).
•Toronto and Golden State combined for five road victories in the series, the most in an NBA Finals.
•The Raptors are the seventh team to win three road games in an NBA Finals. They are the first to do so sincethe Los Angeles Lakers in the 2001 Finals (against the Philadelphia 76ers).
•Nick Nurse is the third coach in the last five seasons to win an NBA championship in his first season as anNBA head coach, joining Golden State’s Steve Kerr in 2015 and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tyronn Lue in 2016.Before this five-year stretch, the last coach to win a championship in his first season as an NBA head coach wasPat Riley with the Lakers in 1982.
•Nick Nurse is the first former NBA G League head coach to lead an NBA team to a championship.
•Fred VanVleet scored a career-playoff-high 22 points.
•Before leaving with a knee injury, Klay Thompson (30 points) recorded his fourth career NBA Finals gamewith at least 30 points.
•With his first three-pointer of the game, Klay Thompson passed LeBron James (370) for sole possession ofthird place in NBA playoff history. Thompson now has 374 playoff threes, trailing only Stephen Curry (470)and Ray Allen (385).
•Stephen Curry passed Clyde Drexler for 27th place on the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring list. Curry now has2,968 postseason points.
•Andre Iguodala scored 22 points, his most in a playoff game this season.
•The Warriors used their fifth different starting lineup in the series, the most in an NBA Finals since starterswere first listed on official box scores in 1970-71.
•Tonight marked the Warriors’ 2,070th and final game at Oracle Arena (regular season and playoffs combined).
Pascal Siakam podium
Serge Ibaka with Trophy
Siakam
Toronto Raptors with the Trophy
