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Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

By Giordano Ciampini
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If the NBA finals have proved anything, it’s that Raptors fans are hella committed. The most diehard have pitched tents, stood in line for hours and endured torrential downpour to get into Jurassic Park to cheer on their team. (Go Raps!) We scoped out the line to ask fans what it would take for them to leave their spot:

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Dustin Drzazga, a 10-year-old student from Grimsby, Ontario
Waiting since: 8 a.m. “If a fortune-teller told me the Raptors we’re going to lose, maybe I’d leave.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Atifa Khorrm, a 46-year-old school lunch supervisor from Pickering
Waiting since: 6:30 a.m. “Nothing. I missed chemotherapy to be here, so I’m not giving up my space.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Faysal Said, a 30-year-old lab technician from Scarborough
Waiting since: 2 p.m. “Someone would have to offer me a shit-ton of money.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Kelsey Oh, a 32-year-old respiratory therapist from Victoria
Waiting since: 1:30 p.m. “It would take an earthquake.”

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Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Shaziah Jinnah, a 22-year-old student from Calgary
Waiting since: 12:30 p.m. “A two-way ticket to Oakland.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Justin Harrison, a 37-year-old fitness employee from Hamilton Waiting since: 8 a.m. “I’m not moving.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Kadeem Hinds, a 24-year-old factory worker from Mississauga
Waiting since: 1:30 p.m. “I might leave if I really, really had to go to the bathroom.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Chow Peng, a 23-year-old electrical engineering student from Malaysia 
Waiting since: 3 p.m. “I’d leave in exchange for Kawhi coming to say hi or the whole team taking a photo with me.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Raghav Monga, a 19-year-old Tim Hortons cashier from Scarborough 
Waiting since: 3 p.m. “It would take someone handing me a ticket to the game.”

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Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Dominykas Guzauskas, a 29-year-old aspiring NBA worker from London, U.K.
Waiting since: 1 p.m. “A ticket to Game 7.”

Some Raptors fans lined up at 6 a.m. to get into Jurassic Park

Juwon Thomas, a 21-year-old law intern from Waterloo
Waiting since: 9 a.m. “If someone said, ‘let’s go to Oakland right now,’ I wouldn’t even think twice about it.”

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