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Photo gallery: The Raptors 905 season comes to an end

  • <p>Unfortunately for the Raptors 905, their season came to an early end Tuesday. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Unfortunately for the Raptors 905, their season came to an early end Tuesday. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>Two-way contract player Malcolm Miller warming up. Miller, alongside Lorenzo Brown (two-way contract) and Alfonzo McKinnie (on assignment), played in Austin on Sunday for Game One of the G League Finals before flying to Detroit to suit up for the Toronto Raptors on Monday. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Two-way contract player Malcolm Miller warming up. Miller, alongside Lorenzo Brown (two-way contract) and Alfonzo McKinnie (on assignment), played in Austin on Sunday for Game One of the G League Finals before flying to Detroit to suit up for the Toronto Raptors on Monday. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>Lorenzo Brown and Kaza Keane going through stretching exercises. 905’s point guards have had a busy season, with Brown playing 14 games for the parent club while Keane travelled to Nassau, Bahamas in February to suit up for Team Canada at the FIBA World Cup qualifying. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Lorenzo Brown and Kaza Keane going through stretching exercises. 905’s point guards have had a busy season, with Brown playing 14 games for the parent club while Keane travelled to Nassau, Bahamas in February to suit up for Team Canada at the FIBA World Cup qualifying. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

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  • <p>905 coach Jerry Stackhouse observing his team’s warmups. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    905 coach Jerry Stackhouse observing his team’s warmups. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>The Raptors 905 enter the court prior to tip-off. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    The Raptors 905 enter the court prior to tip-off. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>Lorenzo Brown accepts his G League MVP award. Brown averaged 18.8 points and 8.9 assists during the 2017-18 season, leading the 905 to a second straight finals appearance. Yahoo Sports confirmed after the game that the Toronto Raptors plan to sign Brown for the remainder of the NBA season. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Lorenzo Brown accepts his G League MVP award. Brown averaged 18.8 points and 8.9 assists during the 2017-18 season, leading the 905 to a second straight finals appearance. Yahoo Sports confirmed after the game that the Toronto Raptors plan to sign Brown for the remainder of the NBA season. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

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  • <p>The 905 opened the game firing first to an 8-3 lead, but trailed 28-18 by the end of the first quarter. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    The 905 opened the game firing first to an 8-3 lead, but trailed 28-18 by the end of the first quarter. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>Although Toronto struggled to keep up with the Spurs’ pace in the first half, trailing by double digits for the majority of the second quarter, the 905 entered halftime only eight point adrift. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Although Toronto struggled to keep up with the Spurs’ pace in the first half, trailing by double digits for the majority of the second quarter, the 905 entered halftime only eight point adrift. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>The 905 calls a timeout with 8:29 left in the fourth quarter. Despite cutting the lead down to single digits to start the period, the Spurs went on an 8-2 run to open up a 15-point lead. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    The 905 calls a timeout with 8:29 left in the fourth quarter. Despite cutting the lead down to single digits to start the period, the Spurs went on an 8-2 run to open up a 15-point lead. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

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  • <p>Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia sitting courtside. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia sitting courtside. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>After a 23-2 run in the fourth quarter, the Austin Spurs bench eagerly awaits their championship celebrations as the game hits the two-minute mark. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    After a 23-2 run in the fourth quarter, the Austin Spurs bench eagerly awaits their championship celebrations as the game hits the two-minute mark. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

  • <p>The Austin Spurs celebrate their second franchise G League championship, defeating the Raptors 905 98-76. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    The Austin Spurs celebrate their second franchise G League championship, defeating the Raptors 905 98-76. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

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  • <p>Nick Johnson was named Finals MVP, leading all scorers with 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists off the bench. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
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    Nick Johnson was named Finals MVP, leading all scorers with 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists off the bench. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho)

<p>Unfortunately for the Raptors 905, their season came to an early end Tuesday. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>Two-way contract player Malcolm Miller warming up. Miller, alongside Lorenzo Brown (two-way contract) and Alfonzo McKinnie (on assignment), played in Austin on Sunday for Game One of the G League Finals before flying to Detroit to suit up for the Toronto Raptors on Monday. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>Lorenzo Brown and Kaza Keane going through stretching exercises. 905’s point guards have had a busy season, with Brown playing 14 games for the parent club while Keane travelled to Nassau, Bahamas in February to suit up for Team Canada at the FIBA World Cup qualifying. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>905 coach Jerry Stackhouse observing his team’s warmups. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>The Raptors 905 enter the court prior to tip-off. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>Lorenzo Brown accepts his G League MVP award. Brown averaged 18.8 points and 8.9 assists during the 2017-18 season, leading the 905 to a second straight finals appearance. Yahoo Sports confirmed after the game that the Toronto Raptors plan to sign Brown for the remainder of the NBA season. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>The 905 opened the game firing first to an 8-3 lead, but trailed 28-18 by the end of the first quarter. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>Although Toronto struggled to keep up with the Spurs’ pace in the first half, trailing by double digits for the majority of the second quarter, the 905 entered halftime only eight point adrift. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>The 905 calls a timeout with 8:29 left in the fourth quarter. Despite cutting the lead down to single digits to start the period, the Spurs went on an 8-2 run to open up a 15-point lead. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia sitting courtside. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>After a 23-2 run in the fourth quarter, the Austin Spurs bench eagerly awaits their championship celebrations as the game hits the two-minute mark. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>The Austin Spurs celebrate their second franchise G League championship, defeating the Raptors 905 98-76. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
<p>Nick Johnson was named Finals MVP, leading all scorers with 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists off the bench. (Photo courtesy: Trung Ho) </p>
Trung Ho

Twelve months on from winning its inaugural developmental-league title, Raptors 905 failed to repeat the feat, falling to the Austin Spurs in Game 2 of the NBA G League final Tuesday.

The 98-76 result secured the three-game series for the Spurs, who added a second championship to go along with their 2012 triumph. Austin’s Nick Johnson was awarded Finals MVP after scoring 17 points while Raptors’ two-way player and G League 2018 MVP Lorenzo Brown posted an 11-point, 10-assist double-double.

Here’s the game in photos, courtesy of Trung Ho (@trungho).