The 2018-19 season marked the first time the Toronto Raptors won the NBA title. They did it in style, as they clinched it by defeating defending champions Golden State Warriors, who were making their fifth straight appearance in the NBA Finals.
Raptors finished second in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, behind Milwaukee Bucks, who were the best overall in regular season. Raptors had 58 wins in their 82 regular season games, two victories behind Bucks, who had 60.
They took on seventh-seeded Orlando Magic in the opening round of the NBA play-offs and defeated them convincingly, 4-1. The Eastern Conference semi-finals against Philadelphia 76ers was a much tougher affair, however, as the best-of-seven games went to the seventh game, before the Raptors emerged victorious, 4-3.
While the Bucks entered the Eastern Conference finals as the favourites, having had a stronger season, the Raptors came out on top, defeating the Bucks 4-2. That put them through to the NBA Finals against Western Conference winners Golden State Warriors.
Even though the Warriors brought more recent NBA Finals experience with them (they were playing their fifth straight finals and had won three of the previous four), it was the Raptors who won the title. With a 4-2 victory in the NBA Finals, Toronto Raptors won the NBA title for the first time in their history.
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Toronto Raptors won the NBA title for the first time in franchise history in this season.
Milwaukee Bucks finished as the top seeds of the regular season. They also had the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season, Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Houston Rockets James Harden finished as the top scorer of the regular season.
Raptors Kawhi Leonard was awarded the Finals MVP.
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