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Rap artist and Raptor fan Drake (you know him as @champagnepapi on Instagram) took to his account to thank Kyrie Irving, who wears No. 2, for his play in the two games in Toronto: “2 gave us 2”.
The Raptors’ 105-99 win Monday evens the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece.
A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on May 23, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT
In fairness to Irving, he scored 26 points and had six assists in Monday’s loss, a huge step up from the Game 3 loss Saturday in which he was held to 13 points (on 3-for-19 shooting) and one assist.
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Still, the Raptors — and their fans — are feeling good about themselves, Stephen A. Smith apology or not.
We all have our views.
