For the first time ever, the Toronto Raptors are headed to the NBA's championship stage.

Toronto clinched its inaugural Finals trip with a 100-94 win in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. In doing so, they have put an end to one of the NBA's longest Finals droughts. The 2019 Finals will also mark the first time in NBA history that the championship series will be held outside the United States.

Fittingly, they will take on the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 Finals, a team that ended their own 40-year Finals drought when they began their current run of titles and Finals berths back in 2015. For Milwaukee, it was on the cusp of seeing its own 45-year Finals drought end after it had a 2-0 lead in the East finals ... but the Bucks promptly lost four straight in that series to keep their run of Finals-less seasons active.

The Raptors' appearance in The Finals got us thinking -- and researching -- exactly how long it has been between championship round appearances for every NBA team. For 22 NBA franchises, the gap between their last Finals run and today can vary greatly.

Here's a quick look at how long it has been since each team that has made at least one Finals has appeared in one ...

(Note: Six franchises -- the Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets, LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans -- have never reached The Finals. They are noted below with a N/A.)

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Team First Finals appearance Last Finals appearance Current drought (years) Atlanta Hawks 1957 ^ 1961 ^ 58 Boston Celtics 1957 2010 9 Brooklyn Nets 2002 ^^ 2003 ^^ 16 Charlotte Hornets N/A N/A N/A Chicago Bulls 1991 1998 21 Cleveland Cavaliers 2007 2018 1 Dallas Mavericks 2006 2011 8 Denver Nuggets N/A N/A N/A Detroit Pistons 1988 2005 14 Golden State Warriors 1948 2019 -- Houston Rockets 1994 1995 24 Indiana Pacers 2000 2000 19 Los Angeles Lakers 1949 ^^^ 2010 9 LA Clippers N/A N/A N/A Memphis Grizzlies N/A N/A N/A Miami Heat 2006 2014 5 Milwaukee Bucks 1971 1974 45 Minnesota Timberwolves N/A N/A N/A New Orleans Pelicans N/A N/A N/A New York Knicks 1951 1999 20 Oklahoma City Thunder 1978 * 2012 7 Orlando Magic 1995 2009 10 Philadelphia 76ers 1950 ** 2001 18 Phoenix Suns 1976 1993 26 Portland Trail Blazers 1977 1992 27 Sacramento Kings 1951 *** 1951 *** 68 San Antonio Spurs 1999 2014 5 Toronto Raptors 2019 2019 -- Utah Jazz 1997 1998 21 Washington Wizards 1970 **** 1979 40

^ = franchise located in St. Louis

^^ = franchise located in New Jersey

^^^ = franchise known as Minneapolis Lakers

* = franchise known as Seattle SuperSonics

** = franchise known as Syracuse Nationals

*** = franchise known as Rochester Royals

**** = franchise known as Baltimore Bullets

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