The 2010s Toronto Raptors were excellent, but kept running into LeBron James come playoff time. But with LeBron in Los Angeles and Kawhi Leonard now up north thanks to a surprising trade, 2019 turned a decade of heartbreak into cause for celebration. In this episode of Why They Won, Kirk Goldsberry dives into the numbers behind Leonard’s unreal playoffs and the Raptors’ scoring depth.
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They won because KD and Klay was hurt 😂
Because the 2019 warriors weren't healthy, warriors will never get the injury tax excuse cuz LeMedia pr0pag@nda/n@rrat!ve$ machines have br@!nwashed people.
Glad my Spurs got rid of this clown
Before the injury’s kawhi was like top 5 in the league spurs was blowing out the warriors with KD before zaza stepped under him on that shot
Super slow day at ESPN. 😅
This was great! Well done guys 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
This is why FVV got paid! Never forget
Can someone tell me the instrumental at the beginning of this video?
No lie Kewiah put all them boys on after taking them to the championship know they all got big paid contracts give kewhia his flowers he’s in the top 20 of all time
only championship team in nba history to win a chip with 8 undrafted players and zero lottery picks!!!
and then after this season, kawhi got married with load management.
🇨🇦🙌🏾 We produce the 2nd best basketball talent in the 🌍 ! Vince and that chip will only make it better
The highlights from this playoff run never get old❤❤. So proud of that team.
1st international team to win NBA championship… How many are there?? Lol. I know Grizz used to be Vancouver but…
Incredible run. Thank you for the summary Kirk. The Raptors were nearly two-deep at each position. Everyone in the rotation (9 men) can shoot and defend. They had 3 playmakers on the court at all times. This was a deep, deep team led by an innovative coach. The GSW team had Klay until the last quarter of game 6 and got their butts kicked. It should've been a gentleman's sweep.
Kyle, FVV
Green, Norm
Kawhi, OG
Pascal
Gasol, Serge
Legendary team.
What a waste!They could do a back 2 back especially at the bouble,they lost at game 7 vs Boston
It's the defensive depth, rather than the offensive depth, that was the most impressive part of that team.
Kawhi and Marc were former DPOY, Serge was all defense, OG eventually got an all defense nod. Most of the other guys were highly respected, as well: Danny Green, Kyle Lowry, Pascal, Norm, Fred, Chris Boucher. The offense was pretty good, but not all that much better than the DeMar+Kyle led teams.
they won because Klay & KD went down …. Simple !
This new series is fire!!
man I miss these Raptors – this is one of the best "could have been Dynasty" questions out there
Raptors were not beating the Warriors Death Lineup. They only won due to injuries on the Warriors.
This team was good but c'mon that year every team was injured they barely beat the warriors kd literally went down in the series no Klay 😅
Injuries
It was a good thing happenin and Kawhi bitched his way to LA anyways.
I thought this vid was all about RAPS….?? Gotta take Lebron parts… because its irrelevant to the narrative… lol Editing is needed🎬 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️ 🇨🇦🏆🏀💯❤️🔥
the story of toronto had more to do with the amazing run to the finals than frankly the series itself. it was a legendary run
kawhi is going to be remembered as one of the greatest. considering how much he has been plagued by injury, his resume is nuts. a 100% healthy kawhi probably has a top 5/ goat level career.
2019 raptors was the deepest finals team in recent memory
and don't forget Scariolo influence…
Kawhi better than KD playoff all time
Why they won? Klay Thompson and KD got hurt, THAT’S why they won, what do you mean? 🤣
10/10
U do no know? I will give you the answer right? Klay out, Durant out.
Kirk is killing it with this kind of content. I absolutely love it. This is real reporting instead of the constant debate shows on ESPN.
Raptors championship run is crazy.. kawhi wild shot vs sixers to put em on the finals but cmon… we all know they won the chip because of the injury players of warriors.. and if you think raptors stand a chance against the healthy warriors 🤷 idk bout that lol.
I'm really enjoying this new series. Keep it up