TORONTO — By now the Warriors are accustomed to playing the role of villain, despised by every fanbase except their own because of how good they are.

Normally this time of year, the Warriors are playing the Cavaliers and the entirety of Canada doesn’t care much for the NBA Finals, especially with the Stanley Cup Finals occurring simultaneously. With the Raptors in their first Finals in franchise history, though, the Warriors draw the ire of two countries instead of one.

To no surprise, that’s just how Draymond Green likes it.

He doesn’t need more motivation with the Warriors trailing 1-0 after suffering a 118-109 loss in Game 1 Thursday night, but it might make winning a fourth title in five years that much sweeter if the Warriors accomplish such a feat after losing Game 1 of the Finals for the first time under Steve Kerr.

“People in the States are rooting against us because we beat all their teams,” Green said Friday. “So it’s all good. When you’re at the top, no one’s ever cheering for you to stay there. People want to see you get to the top and they want to see you fall. That’s just kind of the mind of the most human beings.

“Their team is sitting at home with them.”

The Finals arrived in Canada for the first time in NBA history on Friday, and the polite folks north of the border made their voices heard loud and clear.

From a blocks-long line at Jurassic Park hours before tipoff to an electric sing-along of the Canadian National Anthem to ferocious cheering throughout Game 1, Raptors fans backed their team, and then some, before, during and after their series-opening win.

This current Warriors dynasty has thrived on the road during the postseason, winning a road game in 22 consecutive series entering the 2019 Finals. That streak will be tested in the next week or two after the Warriors failed to extend it on Thursday night, and they’ll need it to reach 23 straight series if they’re going to three-peat with the Raptors owning home-court advantage.

“It was a great, great atmosphere,” Kerr said of Game 1. “The national anthem was one of the coolest things I’ve ever been a part of. Hearing the crowd sing along to ‘O Canada,’ it was beautiful. And I thought our guys responded well. We’re used to playing on the road, hostile environments, all that. I don’t think we played our ‘A’ game. I think that’s obvious. I think we did some good things and there are a lot of areas we need to improve, but the crowd will never have anything to do with that with this team. We’re going to play our game.

“It’s fun. Frankly, it’s fun to be in these environments, to be challenged, to be threatened, especially because the Canadian fans are so nice that even when they’re harassing us they do it in a very polite manner.”

Before returning to the friendly confines of Oracle Arena for Games 3 and 4 next Wednesday and Friday, the Warriors face another game Sunday in front of a hostile crowd with a 2-0 series deficit staring them in the face. And they’ll be without their best player in Kevin Durant again.

But at this point in the Warriors’ historic five-year run, disdain doesn’t motivate them. The fear of finishing in second place does.

“We’re trying to win a championship. We know what it takes to win a championship,” Green said. “So we don’t need to reach for extra motivation. If winning a championship isn’t enough motivation for you, then you got other issues.”