Drake & Kendrick Perkins Almost Fight At Game, Players Separate Them
By Isha Thorpe
May 2, 2018
Drake is always turned up to the max whenever he's at a hometown game for the Toronto Raptors. But, maybe his passion was a bit too much at the team's most recent game.
In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Raptors went head-to-head with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The game was intense. But, the Toronto team ended up being defeated by Lebron James' team, which scored 113-112 in overtime. One person who was heated before the game even ended was Toronto recording artist and team ambassador Drizzy.
At the end of the first half, he got into a huge argument with Cavs star Kendrick Perkins. The NBA star was at the game to show some support for his team. But, things quickly went from 0 to 100 when Drake started with his usual trash talk -- which he always does at all hometown Toronto games -- and Perkins decided to respond back. Things escalated so quickly that security and some players had to move in and separate the two.
Luckily, we can see this incident go down, thanks to the people in attendance who recorded the confrontation. Drake and Perkins were firing off on one another and neither one of them looked like they wanted to back down. Check out some clips of the heated moment below.
"I don't think Drake want that one."
— KG's Area 21 (@KGArea21) May 2, 2018
KG, @Lakers' @kylekuzma, Rasheed Wallace & @AlabamaMBB head coach, @CoachAvery6 talk @Drake and Kendrick Perkins talking during Game 1 😂. #KGArea21 pic.twitter.com/0aLxPwW2YG
Drake and Kendrick Perkins exchanged more words postgame pic.twitter.com/Z0rdXDe1uL
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) May 2, 2018
A sports journalist also gave fans some insight on what Drake was actually shouting at the athlete. See that reveal below.
This went all the way into the tunnel, with Drake calling Perkins a "f------ p----" and calling for him to come out. "I'm here in real life," he said. He was mad. https://t.co/3DJ2HBvrWN
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) May 2, 2018
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