On Thursday, 24 years since the team first entered the league, the Toronto Raptors took home their first NBA title. The historic victory marks the first time that a team outside the U.S. won the NBA Finals after the Toronto Raptors dethroned the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. It was the biggest night in Canadian basketball history — one that Toronto Raptors fans at home and abroad will likely never forget.
Raptor fans flooded the streets of Toronto in the early morning hours on Friday after the team clinched its first ever NBA title after dropping Golden State 114-110. Chants of “We the North!” could be heard inside Oracle Arena in Oakland as the Raptors hoisted the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy and waved a Canadian flag on center court.
From coast to coast, fans were in a frenzy over Thursday’s big win.