With a sea of disappointed fans surrounding him, Alex Rodriguez appeared to be enjoying himself while sitting next to his girlfriend Saturday night in Los Angeles.
That’s because the No. 6-seeded Timberwolves, the team Rodriguez owns with business partner Marc Lore, stunned the No. 3-seeded Lakers in Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series, winning 117-95.
Rodriguez, the 49-year-old former Yankees star, took in the game courtside with Jaclyn Cordeiro, a fitness coach whom he’s been linked to since 2022.
Timberwolves-Lakers playoff game in Los Angeles on April
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Rodriguez and Lore had been in a dispute with Glen Taylor about the transfer of ownership for the Timberwolves, which was supposed to happen in three parts.
Taylor believed the other parties breached the terms of the sale and tried to wipe out the deal.
But earlier this month, Taylor agreed not to appeal an arbitrators’ ruling from February that ruled in favor of Rodriguez and Lore and will transfer full ownership of the Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Lynx, ESPN reported.
Rodriguez and Lore initially agreed to buy the team for $1.5 billion in 2021.
After Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez broke off their engagement in 2021, A-Rod dated Kathryne Padgett.
The couple split in 2022 before he went public with Cordeiro in December of that year.
Rodriguez told The Post last year that Cordeiro was “a good influence” on him, helping him lose more than 30 pounds.
“I’ve been working hard and trying to stay in shape, and continuing to try to copy some of her great work ethic and health and wellness practices,” he said last April.
The Timberwolves, who lost in the Western Conference Finals last year, will try to take a 2-0 series lead on Tuesday.