TORONTO --- Dynasty versus dinosaurs. The Golden State Warriors' road to a fifth straight NBA Finals has detoured to a new destination --- and this one requires a passport. The Toronto Raptors, a team that arrived in the NBA 24 years ago as the dinosaur-logoed basketball franchise in a hockey-loving country, have finally made it to the championship round and will host Game 1 on Thursday night. It's the first time the finals will be played outside the U.S., a refreshing change after a record four straight seasons of the same matchup. "Different for us obviously, having been in Cleveland four straight years, but this is more the rule. That was the exception," Warriors coach...
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