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How the Raptors Won Their First N.B.A. Championship

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Final score: Toronto Raptors 114, Golden State Warriors 110

4th Quarter: Tension.

The Raptors have the ball and lead, 109-108 with 37.7 seconds remaining.

It’s turned into a true slugfest, with the undermanned Warriors trying to save their season at home and Toronto trying to prove its mettle.

The scoring late in the game has come not from Kawhi Leonard or Stephen Curry but from Serge Ibaka, Pascal Siakam, Kyle Lowry, Draymond Green, and DeMarcus Cousins.