While Ice-T will be in attendance along the sidelines, Drake will be paying special attention to the outcome of the game after reportedly betting $620,000 on the Timberwolves to win.

The hip hop icon made his private bet public on his Instagram page, where “champagnepapi” included a special note for Anthony Edwards.

Drake bet $620,000 on the Timberwolves to beat the Lakers tonight 😳 pic.twitter.com/BQt8hjGfPf

— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) April 25, 2025

Betting against the Lakers, who hold the three seed in comparison to the Timberwolves’ six seed, is a bold move. Yet, Drake is known to be a huge basketball fan who can commonly be seen rooting for his hometown Toronto Raptors. Only in this case, he’s going all in on the Timberwolves to beat the Lakers instead.

After the Timberwolves got out to slow starts playing at crypto.com Arena, are you as confident as Drake is in the home team emerging with a 2-1 series lead? Chances are, if Ant answers Drake’s call to “show him something,” then the Timberwolves will be in a good position to win, and Drake will be even richer than he already is.

Yet, if the Lakers take a 2-1 series lead, the Timberwolves will suddenly face a desperate need to win Game 4 at home before the series heads back to Los Angeles for Game 5.

On the other hand, if the Timberwolves can take a 2-1 series lead, it sets up what should be an electric scene at Target Center for Game 4, with the chance to take a deafening 3-1 series lead. Tonight will be a very big matchup, and Drake is just one of many with skin in the game.

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As expected, big time #Gophers fan @Drake getting his #SkiUMah on!! pic.twitter.com/4VUBWjtxVI

— GopherHole.com (@GopherHole) December 13, 2023

Who cares, right? Normally, I’d agree. But this maroon and gold star sighting is a little bit different. Do you believe in curses? If you’re a Minnesota sports fan reading this, we all know the answer to that question. So, let me ask another one: Have you heard of the Drake sports curse?

Simply put, the Drake curse is a viral belief that any athlete or team that interacts with the Canadian rapper will lose their following matchup. Most of the time, Drake or the sporting star will post a photo together online.

But, even if the rapper wears a particular jersey, appears in the stadium or shows any effort to support an athlete or team, they are at risk of the curse.

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The Drake Sports Curse…

There are a plethora of losses or surprising modern-day sports outcomes that have unfolded in the sports world, over the last decade, that have been blamed on the Drizzy curse. The most recent accusations are still very fresh. Remember last week, when Shohei Ohtani was on a plane to Toronto presumably to sign with the Blue Jays?

Drake posted this on his IG amid Shohei Ohtani buzz to the Blue Jays 👀

(via champagnepapi/IG) pic.twitter.com/JnpKPZPt2M

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 8, 2023

Drake, who is originally from Toronto, posted this picture on Instagram wearing an Ohtani jersey. A few hours later… we found out the Shohei to Toronto reports were incorrect. He was not on his way to Toronto and definitely not with the Blue Jays. Days later, Ohtani signed with the LA Dodgers.

He’s blamed for Kentucky’s National Championship drought, Serena Williams’ loss in the US Open and Reece James (British soccer player) getting hurt and having his house broken into.

Can’t curse the already cursed Minnesota Gophers

But… could these two iconically cursed entities actually help break each other out of their misery? I think this could be a timeline changing moment in sports curse history. Because even the famed OVO can’t curse a sports fan base that is already as cursed as this one.

Are the sports gods going to go back in time and take away the Twins’ 1991 World Series like the NCAA already did the 1998 Gophers basketball Final Four? Blow up Kirk Cousins’ other achilles?

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Instead, it seems more likely that Drake wearing a Minnesota Gophers sweater might somehow upset the balance of what is right and what is wrong in the sports world, resulting in two of the strongest and most well known sports curses being broken.

I’m not saying it’s possible… but I won’t say it’s impossible either. With that being said, I’m going to be pissed if I see him in a Timberwolves jersey.