Amazon’s Alexa Celebrates the Toronto Raptors’ NBA Finals Debut Victory

The Toronto Raptors were victorious in their historic NBA Finals debut yesterday, against the defending champion Golden State Warriors. Support for the Raptors has reached an all-time high in Canada, and now Amazon’s Alexa has jumped on board.

According to Amazon, Alexa can now answer Raptors-related questions, including the following queries:

• Alexa, who’s your favourite Toronto Raptors Player?
• Alexa, who will win the NBA Finals?
• Alexa, We the North
• Who’s your favourite NBA player?

When asked, “who will win the NBA Finals?” Alexa answers, “The Warriors are the favourites to get their third trophy in a row but I predict a Raptors win and Kawhi MVP. #WeTheNorth”.



If you say, “Alexa, We the North”, the virtual assistant will reply, “Let’s go Raptors! Kawhi MVP!”.

Game 2 of the NBA Finals takes place on Sunday, June 2 at 5PM PDT/8PM EDT. You can click here to learn how to stream the Raptors versus Warriors in Canada.