We The Lost? Raptors 'Cross' Wrong Bridge For NBA Finals Game 3 vs. Warriors At Oracle Arena
(CBS SF) -- The Toronto Raptors Twitter account was getting the wrong kind of engagement Wednesday ahead of NBA Finals Game 3 against the Golden State Warriors after the Raptors tweeted a picture of the team on the wrong bridge.
In the photo-illustration, accompanied by the caption "Crossed the bridge. Ready for battle." members of the Raptors are seen standing on the Golden Gate Bridge, with a banner on it featuring team's rallying cry, "WeTheNorth."
Crossed the bridge. Ready for battle. #WeTheNorth | #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/WHDkqIXPe6
— x - Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) June 5, 2019
Presumably, the team did not mean to imply they are lost, or that they also claim WeTheNorth Bay as an alternative slogan. The way to Oracle Arena from the Raptors' hotel in San Francisco - as WeTheBayArea know - is over the Bay Bridge, not the Golden Gate Bridge.
Apparently, the Raptors' social media producer failed to notice the Warriors feature the Bay Bridge as part of the team's logo ... the Twitterverse was only too happy to chime in on the golden opportunity to troll Toronto.
Welcome to Marin! We are probably not ready for battle. Unless you want to duke it out on a mountain bike trail?
— Templeton Peck (@dontcallmeface) June 5, 2019
Hey @Raptors, ya can't get to #Oakland via the #GoldenGateBridge #WeTheLost #DubNation pic.twitter.com/q9NGtyN4bX
— Christine Samra (@ChristineSamra) June 6, 2019
With traffic the way it is from Sausalito to Oakland I don't see the raptors making it on time https://t.co/pAPqZuREog
— TwistNHook (@TwistNHook) June 6, 2019
Oakland! ????
— Jean Podrasky (@JeanPodrasky) June 6, 2019
The Raptors look lost.
(Hint: the game is in Oakland, not SF. You're on the wrong bridge!) #Game3 #NBAFinals #DubNation pic.twitter.com/yi5hS8tD8D
Warriors win by forfeit when the Raptors show up at high school gym in Sausalito. https://t.co/CoE4SAlNYM
— Tony Biasotti (@TonyBiasotti) June 5, 2019
You guys couldn't ask Jeremy Lin which bridge to use? You're either stuck in SF or Marin County now. Do we win if you guys don't show up on time?
— Beast Mode Zamboni Donuts (@emachulate) June 5, 2019
Keep going eastbound toward Alameda County. We will meet you at the #BayBridge. #WarriorsGround https://t.co/hIMNOURAp3
— Alameda County Sheriff (@ACSOSheriffs) June 6, 2019