The 2019 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2018–19 year and conclusion of this season’s playoffs. In the best-of-seven playoff series held from May 30 through June 13, 2019, the Eastern Conference champion Toronto Raptors defeated the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors, four games to two, earning the franchise its first NBA championship in addition to the first win by a team based outside the United States. In his first year playing with the Raptors after being obtained using a trade throughout the off-season, Kawhi Leonard has been named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second time in his profession.
This was the first NBA Finals appearance for the Raptors, along with the league’s first finals with matches played outside of the USA. Home-court advantage was awarded to Toronto, who finished the regular season with one more triumph (58–24) compared to Golden State (57–25). This was the first time in five consecutive NBA Finals appearances that the then-two-time defending NBA-champion Warriors did not have home-court advantage. Additionally for the first time over the past five postseasons, the Warriors as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers did not match in the championship round. This was the first finals since 2010 not to include LeBron James, who played with at the past eight finals together with Cleveland and the Miami Heat.

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