During last night’s telecast of Thunder-Clippers Game 6, Jeff Van Gundy joked Rihanna was stalking him.
ESPN sideline report Lisa Salters had to get to the bottom of it, so she asked Rihanna, who was sitting courtside. To Van Gundy’s chagrin, Rihanna didn’t even know Van Gundy (hat tip: James Herbert of Eye on Basketball):
Kevin Durant, on the other hand, had a much different night with Rihanna (hat tip: Erik Horne of The Oklahoman):
https://twitter.com/sam_amick/statuses/467172428922499072
Kevin Durant nails three, looks in Rihanna's direction, shimmies and pushes Thunder up 87-80 with 6:46 left.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) May 16, 2014
Durant and Rihanna are both represented by Jay Z, Durant with Jay’s sports agency and Rihanna with his record label. But I don’t think that’s that’s the only reason Rihanna is more impressed with Durant.
If Van Gundy could score 39 points and grab 16 rebounds in a closeout playoff game, maybe he’d be getting tweets like this:
Congrats to my R.O.C. brother @KDTrey5 !!! Great game tonight OKC
— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 16, 2014
No word on whether Van Gundy introduced himself to Rihanna.