The best of Drake’s courtside stunts from the Raptors’ wild playoff run

In that same series, Drake aggressively taunted Pacers star Paul George during Toronto’s 102-99 win in game five. After the contest, the rapper posted (and later deleted) a Photoshopped cartoon teardrop on George’s face with the caption, “3-2... I knew you were scared.”   After the Cleveland Cavaliers—led by Drizzy frenemy LeBron James—destroyed the Raptors in game one of the Eastern Conference final, the Internet pounced on poor Drake, renowned as a bandwagon sports fan, well before the shot clock ran out.   When the Raptors ended Cleveland’s 10-game playoff winning streak, Drake—conspicuously absent from Air Canada Centre—posts a crying LeBron and vowed to fly home for game four.  

During those rare moments when he wasn’t razzing the opposition, the global ambassador found time to appreciate the home team.     Like any self-respecting MC, Drake took his Cavs beef directly to the streets a photo-sharing platform. Here’s one of him staring down Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving.   When Raps big man Bismack Biyombo stuffed LeBron with a highlight-reel block, Drake couldn’t help himself.     Drizzy gave DeMarre Carroll some love after a series-tying win in game four. Reports that the two celebrated by hitting up Casino Rama till 2 a.m. remain unconfirmed.     The ambassador tried to bring the North some good luck in game five, but the Raps got blown out. “Game six we continue the fight,” Drake wrote. “Please leave all your hate comments below in CAPS so I can really feel your energy as you are typing.”   With the Raps on the verge of extinction, fans once again predicted the 6 God’s looming allegiance switch.   Drake was back courtside for a do-or-die game six. (Notice how he never wears the free, corporate-sponsored T-shirts MLSE gives away to the playoff crowds?)   You don’t have to be a licenced lip readers to surmise Drake wasn’t too happy with some of the Cavs-favoured whistles in game six.