The Toronto Raptors has successfully navigated their way to the Eastern Conference Finals for the very first time in franchise history.
The Raptors defeated the Miami Heat in their best-of-seven East Semis series four games to three and advances to face the conference defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers, who were undefeated in the postseason.
The LeBron James Cavaliers swept all their opponents from the Detroit Pistons in the First-Round to the Atlanta Hawks in the Second-Round of the 2016 NBA playoffs.
"It's great to hear the home crowd," DeRozan said. "This organization deserves it, this country deserves it, to see them get to the next step, somewhere they haven't been. But we're not done yet."
The Canadian-based basketball team battles it out to earn the ballclub’s first appearance to the East’s Finals. They were the second-best ball squad during the regular season having won 56 games in 82 matches played. …show more content…
Now it has won two of them by nailing down Game 7s, first in a tentative finish against Indiana and on Sunday in impressive fashion against the Miami Heat.
"I think this group is hungry," Toronto’s head Coach Dwane Casey said about his team. "Never say never."
Toronto’s All-Stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan will now have a legacy of their own, as they were the key players of the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment-owned team that carried and steered it to a higher destination.
"We know we've got a tough task ahead," Lowry said. "It's always a challenge going against those guys."
Since the Raptors’ inception in the year 1995, Toronto have made the league’s playoffs eight times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016), advancing past the first round twice in year 2001 and 2016. The team has won the Atlantic Division four times (2007, 2014, 2015 and
The Raptors defeated the Miami Heat in their best-of-seven East Semis series four games to three and advances to face the conference defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers, who were undefeated in the postseason.
The LeBron James Cavaliers swept all their opponents from the Detroit Pistons in the First-Round to the Atlanta Hawks in the Second-Round of the 2016 NBA playoffs.
"It's great to hear the home crowd," DeRozan said. "This organization deserves it, this country deserves it, to see them get to the next step, somewhere they haven't been. But we're not done yet."
The Canadian-based basketball team battles it out to earn the ballclub’s first appearance to the East’s Finals. They were the second-best ball squad during the regular season having won 56 games in 82 matches played. …show more content…
Now it has won two of them by nailing down Game 7s, first in a tentative finish against Indiana and on Sunday in impressive fashion against the Miami Heat.
"I think this group is hungry," Toronto’s head Coach Dwane Casey said about his team. "Never say never."
Toronto’s All-Stars Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan will now have a legacy of their own, as they were the key players of the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment-owned team that carried and steered it to a higher destination.
"We know we've got a tough task ahead," Lowry said. "It's always a challenge going against those guys."
Since the Raptors’ inception in the year 1995, Toronto have made the league’s playoffs eight times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016), advancing past the first round twice in year 2001 and 2016. The team has won the Atlantic Division four times (2007, 2014, 2015 and