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Drake left steaming after words with Cavaliers centre Kendrick Perkins in playoff loss

The Raptors’ most famous fan was left steaming Tuesday night after a run-in with a burly Cavalier during Toronto’s 113-112 overtime playoff loss to Cleveland.

Drake, the Raptors’ global ambassador, exchanged words with Kendrick Perkins as the veteran centre passed by his courtside seat at halftime and after the game. The six-foot-10 270-pound Perkins, whose nicknames include Perk and Swamp Thang, was not dressed for the contest.

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A heated Drake was later heard complaining as he left the arena that no one gets to speak to him like that.

The Toronto rapper was chatting with former Raptor Jose Calderon at halftime when Perkins went past.