Finals: Game 1 - The Evil Empire @ Carnivores, 9PM

[Raptors 1995]

Still finding this all hard to believe as I floated from the arena until I somehow got to Queen Street and found a subway early Sunday morning....but it is happening....

On that note - has any mention been made yet of opening up the Scotiabank Arena for the games in GS (this is usually a pretty common thing that teams do in Finals) - there appears to be nothing booked on those nights and it would be awesome to watch with 20,000 inside making noise.....charge a nominal amount for tickets ($5-$10 and donate it to charity), and fill the place up for a few nights -- I'm sure concession sales could pay for the staffing and such for the building -- MLSE can afford the gesture either way......Jurassic indoors and Jurassic outdoors.....

I think they could sell tickets at Tier 5 pricing and sell out.

I think you're right.....

[spykelee]

it's 3:07am Monday morning and I'm **** hyped up!! Were gonna win the **** championship!

[YoungG]

it's 3:07am Monday morning and I'm **** hyped up!! Were gonna win the **** championship!

I too have been finding it more difficult to sleep lately lol. I watch highlights from game 6 and despite that outcome written in history, I still can't believe that the Raptors are in the finals. This is a dream come true and I hope we all relish this year. 4 More Wins!

[Hero]

Imagine the buzz if we win game 1. Whether it's by a lucky bounce or the other team choking.

The city would be so into it. The NBA would be so captivated.

[JackedFinancier]

Wow. Just wow. The Raptors IG account posted a video 4 days ago thanking fans for reaching 2 million followers. They are now at 2.1 Mill followers....Thats unbelievable. They picked up 5% of their entire follower count in less than 4 days....the Raptors brand has most certainly become substantially more valuable in a matter of days...

[microjacklin]

It's time to show the whole USA who we are
Let's go Raptors, get the ship !!!!!

[Vlade Divac]

On another note, while driving home from my friend's place after the Game 6 win, I was listening the radio on 1050. They had the lines open for fans to call in. One of the first callers was the mid age guy.

Now I don't know if he heard the question wrong or whatnot, but they asked him how he thinks the series will go and he said... 3.

Well, there you have it. Raps in 3.

Bandwagon fans are flooding the city! Crazy how many people who never watched full game of basketball, nor any other team other than Raptors are now sharing their 2 cents and offer “educated” opinion. I don’t mind it. This publicity and buzz will only help Raptors and basketball popularity. Also shows how desperate all of us are for a real winner.

[Inevitable]

Imagine the buzz if we win game 1. Whether it's by a lucky bounce or the other team choking.

The city would be so into it. The NBA would be so captivated.

Where do we go from here?

[ratul]

Grr - I feel like Kerr having dinner with pop and talking up Nav is his attempt to get us to relax. It's the art of war. EFF THIS GUY.

[RaptorsLife]

Who cares about kerr and popvich

You can’t stop perfection. Kawhi is the terminator

There is no secrets

[Matty]

Imagine the buzz if we win game 1. Whether it's by a lucky bounce or the other team choking.

The city would be so into it. The NBA would be so captivated.

Where do we go from here?

As Kawhi would say : Game 2 on Sunday.

[Chandan]

i got fred has some mistress who will be giving birth in the next week. he's like 13/17 from three since the last one.

[twoheadedboy]

Honestly it feels like I haven't slept since game 5. Or this is all one long, beautiful dream.

Just read the Lowe piece on what to expect from the Warriors. It's not enough to have length/size defending them - you need players with high BBIQ and quick decision making. Like Kawhi they have the same "lace em up" mentality about the post-season and this is one series where the Raptors don't have the 'experience' advantage.

Still, I this that this Raptors team can really surprise a lot of people. Defensively they have the chops to pull this off; just need everyone to be consistent on the other end. I think Danny comes roaring back this series.

Raps in 7.

[Wasp]

We have to take both of these at home, but I think we can. The Warriors haven't faced a defense like ours all post-season. We really feel like a team of destiny right now and I think we come out and make a statement.

[Kingsway_fan]

Gonna be 50,000 fans at Jurassic park Thursday.... downtown will be wild sea of red!

[Bruin]

This thread should hit over 100 pages before tip

[Waylanderz]

This thread should hit over 100 pages before tip

[EJaggit]

Why don't they open Rogers centre or inside ACC or BOTH

[right between the eyes]

In a world with 7.53 billion people and over 6,500 languages spoken, the conversation that united us all last night was the Toronto Raptors.

Twitter’s top three trending topics worldwide were “Raptors”, “Kawhi”, and “#WeTheNorth” for hours after confetti rained down on the first Eastern Conference Championship team in Raptors history.

[Wargreymon]

We got this boys. Warriors fans gonna be shook when our elite D puts the clamps on the splash bros. Danny Green and Pascal Siakam are going to have monster games. Need to exploit Steph in the post.