Dan Hamilton/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
The Toronto Raptors eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks, 100-94, Saturday night in the sixth game of their Eastern Conference playoff series, bringing the N.B.A. finals to Canada for the first time.
The win — Toronto’s fourth straight in the best-of-seven conference finals — cemented a stunning comeback for a Raptors team used to postseason disappointment. Milwaukee’s loss was just as surprising for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks, who had the regular season’s best record (60-22) and opened this series with back-to-back victories.
But the Raptors, behind 36 points from Kawhi Leonard in Game 3 and 25 points from Kyle Lowry in Game 4, dug themselves out of that early hole to even the series at two games apiece.