Alex Rodriguez has long been a basketball fan. A New York Yankees legend, A-Rod is a well-known name in the world of baseball. Despite his tainted past, Rodriguez’s achievements in a 22-season career are massive. A 14-time All-Star as well as the 2009 World Series champion, the former shortstop is now a pro-baseballer-turned-businessman. Owner of multiple companies, A-Rod also partly owns the NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves.

Unfortunately, the T-Wolves lost to the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs. Currently, the NBA season is nearing an end as the Finals are almost upon fans. But before that came the much-anticipated series end of the Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics. And Rodriguez wants to know who people are rooting for. Since the game took place on Memorial Day, it was even more special.

Alex Rodriguez is ringing in Memorial Day with basketball and cigars

Spoiler alert: the Heat won. While the Celtics defeated the Miami team three straight games in a row, Heat fans were getting anxious to see their team’s comeback. In game 7, that is exactly what happened. And among the fans rooting for them was Alex Rodriguez.

The former Yankee posted a video to his Instagram, which showed him ready to watch what was sure to be an epic showdown. Sitting at home with a cigar in hand, A-Rod says in the video, “Happy Memorial Day everybody. I wanna know who’s watching Celtics vs Heat. The best two words of sports, game 7. Comment below who do you have – Miami Heat or Boston Celtics? Let’s go.”

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When the game was over, he posted a picture of himself to his Instagram story, smoking the cigar again, with a smile on his face. The caption read, “Miami for the win.” Since Rodriguez is a native of the Florida city, of course he was rooting for Miami! But interestingly, his presence at an earlier game caused some ruckus online because that day, Boston won.

A-Rod and Derek Jeter ‘jinxed’ the Miami Heat

Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are old teammates. The two have long held a frenemy relationship status and it’s rare to see them at the same public events. But at Game 4 of the Heat vs the Celtics, both showed up to support Miami. In a move that surprised everyone, Boston won. It reminded fans of the infamous 2004 ALCS game when the Yankees lost to their archrival, the Boston Red Sox, despite having a 3-0 lead.

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A-Rod and Jeter were on that team and for many Heat fans, their presence jinxed the Miami team in Boston’s favor yet again!