TORONTO - Give Drake, the rapper and Toronto Raptors' "global ambassador," credit for being bold.
Give the Toronto Raptors' terrific perimeter defense credit for making his prediction come true.
Addressing the Air Canada Centre crowd during an early timeout, Drake declared that the Houston Rockets' impressive run was ending Friday night.
"By the look of it, tonight this win streak is over," Drake hollered to the delight of the home crowd with the Raptors up nine points late in the first quarter, a lead that swelled to 19.
The Raptors made Drake look like Nostradamus and snapped Houston's 17-game winning streak, the longest of the NBA season, by beating the Rockets at their own game en route to a 108-105 victory.