On Tuesday night, Sportsnet continued reliving the Toronto Raptors’ historic run to their first-ever NBA championship with another one of the biggest games in franchise history: their NBA Finals debut.
Faizal Khamisa, Danielle Michaud and Donnovan Bennett hosted the Watch Party for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, joined by special guests Jerome “JYD” Williams, Cabbie Richards and Kendrick Perkins.
Be sure to tune in on Thursday for another Watch Party for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Action gets underway at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on YouTube and Facebook, or you can watch the broadcast on Sportsnet and SN ONE.
Here are some of the highlights from Tuesday night’s walk down memory lane:
"Welcome to Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and welcome world to Toronto. To Ontario. To Canada."
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
Remember when @Drake rolled into Game 1 in a Dell Curry throwback @Raptors jersey? @donnovanbennett got the scoop on how Drizzy pulled off the ultimate troll job. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
"Without him, it would have been very hard to unseat the Golden State Warriors."@JunkYardDogJW on why Raptors fans shouldn't harbour any ill will towards Kawhi for leaving. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
“Steph Curry would ask me, ‘Hey JY, can you rebound for me after practice?’” @JunkYardDogJW shares some stories about a young @StephenCurry30.#RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
We all know @Drake is beloved in Toronto, but what about outside of Canada? @Cabbie says he gets just as much love in the States, too. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
"He was just so perplexed. He didn't understand why, at 9:15am, I looked like I drank 14 Red Bulls." @Cabbie shares some of his favourite interview stories. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
"Look at him, everything about him is Michael Jordan." @KendrickPerkins with some high praise for Kawhi Leonard. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
.@KevinGarnett5KG and @KendrickPerkins are like brothers now, but they didn't always like each other. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
Don't expect to see @KendrickPerkins on TikTok anytime soon. #RapsRewind
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
“You’re talking about my favourite player in the NBA in Siakam.”@KendrickPerkins is a bag fan of @pskills43!
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
“I was down on him to start the playoffs… I had to issue out the apology."@KendrickPerkins loved @FredVanVleet's storyline during the 2019 championship run.
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 8, 2020
