For the first time in it’s history, the NBA will have a truly international Finals series to determine their champion. This is just one aspect of what makes for quite a different feel coming into the NBA Finals, where the Warriors have been going up against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for what feels like an eternity. The Raptors don’t have James, but they also have a squad that isn’t one of those tatterdemalion Eastern Conference teams that he dragged in last year either.
As Nate Parham pointed out earlier, we really can’t draw too many conclusions from the matchups between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors during the regular season.