The funny thing about sports is that the playoffs will either turn fans into rabid megafans, or completely turn them off. But the truth is, you'll probably never see any game played at a higher level than when the entire season is at stake.
That's how you get some dramatic, surprising results. You just can't predict 100% of the time who will win all the time.
Still, seeing most of America rooting for a team that isn't even based in America is an odd phenomenon.
After knocking off the Portland Trailblazers in the Western Conference Finals, Golden State is off to the big dance for the fifth year in a row.
A suitably polite, orderly mass celebration followed, in which no vandalism, fires, overturned cars, or injuries were reported, making clear just how unused to this situation the good folks of Toronto are.
And although a border, with customs inspectors and everything, separates the two teams, it turns out that a vast majority are backing the Canadian squad. That's according to BetOnline, which found that all but three states, California, Nevada, and Hawaii, are rooting for the Raptors.
BetOnline just analyzed geotagged data on Twitter, looking at things like how often #WeTheNorth was used compared to #DubNation in each state.
I mean, I think we can all agree that, for once, this has nothing to do with Drake.
Fun fact: Steph Curry's dad, Dell, played for the Toronto Raptors from 1999-2002. Pretty sure we know who he'll be rooting for, however.
What do you think? Who ya got?
