Try as you might, there is no escaping Drake in these NBA playoffs. Even Golden State forward Draymond Green, who was on the receiving end of some of the rapper’s trash talk during Thursday’s Game 1, has accepted it. The Raptors’ Toronto-born global ambassador has drawn his fair share of headlines over the course of this run to the Finals. “So many people are complaining about it like, ‘You don’t let any other fan do that,’” Green said. Record numbers: Thursday’s Game 1 reached 7.4 million Canadians and attracted an average audience of 3.3 million viewers, making it the largest audience for an NBA game in Canada on Sportsnet, according to the network.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 22:33 UTC