DeMar DeRozan's career playoff high 37 points may have provided most of the boost the Toronto Raptors needed to defeat the Washington Wizards by a score of 130-119 on Tuesday night, April 17, but it can be argued that the presence of Drake hollering from his courtside seat was a contributing factor.
As he did from time to time during Toronto's Game 1 win, the OVO rapper and Raptor's Global Ambassador spent much of his time talking trash to their opponents; namely John Wall and Kelly Oubre Jr. With Wall, specifically, the tiff carried over from social media.
"We want all the smoke !!! Let's get it," Drizzy can be quoted as having told Wall on Instagram the day prior. And come tip-off that heckling translated into verbal barbs being slung back and forth. At one point Drake could be heard telling Wall that he'll be getting "bodied by 20."
The cameras would also pick up the rapper calling Oubre a "bum" during the action. The chirping didn't appear to hurt production much, as Wall went on to steal the ball 9 times and score 29 points, while Oubre threw in 14 of his own. But in the very least, it took both guys' focus off of the chat they could have been having to get into the head of some of the Raptors players.
