by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
June 14, 2025
The Brooklyn rapper misplaced a $1 million wager that the Oklahoma Thunder would win the NBA championship in 5 video games
That $3.3 million payout won’t occur for billionaire rapper and businessman JAY-Z after the Indiana Pacers gained recreation 3 of the NBA Finals, thwarting his $1 million wager that the Oklahoma Thunder would win all of it in 5 video games.
We beforehand reported that the Onerous Knock Life rapper put down a $1 million wager that the Thunder, heavy favorites to win the NBA championship, would take the title in 5 video games in opposition to the Indiana Pacers. After the Pacers stole the primary recreation performed on the Thunder’s residence courtroom, there was nonetheless an opportunity for the Brooklyn rapper to money in and win a reported $3.3 million. However the Pacers weren’t making an attempt to let JAY-Z money in.
JAY-Z bets $1 Million on OKC to win in 5 @Rocnation @Rocnation sports activities @Fanatics pic.twitter.com/27aysHGKSr
— Fanatics Sportsbook (@FanaticsBook) June 5, 2025
Even when the Thunder wins the NBA championship, it gained’t be in 5 video games. So sorry, Jigga Man.
The Pacers, the workforce with the third-best report within the Japanese Convention, have been on a tear since getting into the playoffs once they defeated the fifth-seeded Milwaukee Bucks. The workforce then confronted a closely favored Cleveland Cavaliers workforce (64-18), with one of the best report within the Japanese Convention and the No. 1 seed. The Pacers weren’t affected by their underdog standing. They simply beat the Cavaliers 4 video games to at least one.
They got here into the Japanese Convention Finals to face a New York Knicks workforce they’d handily defeated final 12 months, however they have been enjoying higher. It didn’t matter to the Pacers once they went to the very noisy Madison Sq. Backyard and stole the primary recreation, and by no means regarded again to disclaim the Knicks an opportunity to get again to the NBA Finals for the primary time in over 25 years.
And now, going up in opposition to the workforce with one of the best report within the NBA this 12 months, the Thunder (68-14), the Pacers look primed to take all of it after going up 2-1 to guide the sequence because the video games resume in Indiana June 13.
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