The Raptors have won the team of the year award from The Canadian Press for 2019 after earning 61 of 67 votes. 🏀
from all corners of Canada, gathering around televisions in bars and living rooms and squeezing shoulder to shoulder in city squares for mass public viewings.
On Saturday, the Raptors were rewarded for their historic NBA championship run by winning the team of the year award from The Canadian Press for 2019 in a slam dunk."The entire country rallied around the Raptors. Million-plus celebration in downtown Toronto. And really, a remarkable feat," said Phil King, The Globe and Mail’s sports design editor.
"Not only did they win the battles on the court, they also won the hearts and minds of Canadians coast to coast, becoming the first team outside the U.S. to win the NBA title," Global’s lead of special projects George Browne. "The celebration culminated in the largest victory parade ever for a Canadian sports team, 2 million strong."
There was a bloodied Fred VanVleet sprawled on the court, a chunk of his tooth on the ground a few feet away. There was VanVleet, mouth open in a guttural scream — with broken tooth and bandaged cheek — after hitting a vital three-pointer in a series-clinching Game 6 victory versus Golden State. There was champagne-drenched Leonard dancing in goggles in the celebratory locker-room.
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