A local Raptors fan is predicting a win tonight as the team faces off against the Golden State Warriors in game one of the NBA Championships.

Terry Hussey took in his first Raptors game last year, and was hooked.

This year, Hussey, his wife and a couple of friends traveled to attend three games in the Eastern Conference finals – two in Toronto and one in Milwaukee.

They went to games three and four in Toronto, rented a car, crossed the border, drove across Michigan, grabbed a ferry and made it to Milwaukee where they caught the game there – something he calls a “wild experience.”

He says the Raptors making it to the finals is a “dream come true.”

He’s predicting a win tonight, and while he can’t predict where the finals will go, he calls them a “team of destiny.”

Hussey jokes that the late tip-off times are having an impact on Newfoundland fans.

Heather Smith, a long-time server at the Guv’nor Pub, cannot wait for tonight’s game. She even changed her Friday morning shift with a co-worker so that she could stay up late.