Pelosi gives Trudeau chocolate and wine after losing bet over NBA finals

After losing a friendly wager over the NBA finals, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a basket of chocolates and wine.

Pelosi presented the gifts Thursday afternoon on Capitol Hill, congratulating Trudeau and the Raptors, who were “so great that they were able to win over a great championship team, the Golden State Warriors.”{mosads}

“Now, I’m here to settle the wager,” she told reporters.

Pelosi gave Trudeau a basket of California chocolates and wine after losing a friendly bet over the Golden State Warriors—Toronto Raptors’ NBA finals. And Trudeau returned the favor with his own treats.
“Canadians are gracious in defeat and even more gracious in victory,” he said pic.twitter.com/XfCdhmBPDy

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Pelosi handed Trudeau a gift basket with “products of the great state of California,” including a variety of nuts and wine.

Trudeau, while the winner of the bet, brought Raptors gifts of his own — Raptors “swag” and chocolate — for Pelosi, saying “Canadians are gracious in defeat and even more gracious in victory.”

Ahead of Game 5 in the tournament, Pelosi had bet California’s Golden State Warriors would clinch their third consecutive championship win, while Trudeau’s odds were on his home team, the Toronto Raptors — which, at the time, held zero championship titles.

When the two made the bet ahead of Game 5, the Warriors faced a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series. But while the Warriors took Game 5 in an attempted comeback, Toronto edged out its opponent in Game 6 with a final score of 114-110.

Trudeau visited Pelosi on Capitol Hill on Thursday following a White House meeting with President Trump.