Toronto fans are going nuts. Their basketball team, the Toronto Raptors, is going to the NBA finals for the first time in the franchise’s history. Superfan Nav Bhatia is even more excited than most. If you’ve ever watched a Raptors game on TV, you’ve seen Bhatia courtside, in his characteristic turban and jersey. Bhatia tells The World’s host Marco Werman about how he got hooked on basketball in the 1990s as a relatively recent immigrant to Canada.
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