A Boston Celtics Fan Threw a Water Bottle at Kyrie Irving
The Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics on Sunday to take a 3-1 series lead. After the game Kyrie Irving and the Nets were walking to the locker room when a water bottle nearly hit Irving. Tyler Johnson saw the bottle in the air. The Nets immediatley stopped and turned to the crowd as security tried to identify the person who threw the water bottle.
A fan appears to throw a water bottle at Kyrie as he heads into the locker room after the Nets-Celtics game. pic.twitter.com/SCGaWyStht
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 31, 2021
This is... the fourth fan incident of the NBA postseason? It's only been a week. Ja Morant's family was subjected to racist and sexually explicit remarks in Utah, Trae Young was spit on in New York, and popcorn was thrown at Russell Westbrook in Philadelphia.
Irving said during the week that he hoped Celtics fans wouldn't show "subtle racism" while they Nets were visiting. Irving and Kevin Durant both talked about it after the game.
"We keep saying, 'we're human, we're human,' but we don't treated like we have rights when we're out there and people feel entitled to do things like that" - Kyrie Irving pic.twitter.com/LbSRU6zkHB
— Nets Videos (@SNYNets) May 31, 2021
"We're not in a circus. ... Grow the f--- up and enjoy the game."
— ESPN (@espn) May 31, 2021
—KD after a fan in Boston threw a water bottle at Kyrie pic.twitter.com/AY4RJL3viY
Quite simply, this is out of control. Whatever excuse these people want to use, there's no excuse. If the water bottle had hit Irving or Johnson, they could have been hurt, but even if it had just been popcorn again, we've been over this for days. This is not cool and the threat of being "banned" obviously isn't enough.
The Celtics incident including Kyrie and the fan throwing the bottle and getting arrested pic.twitter.com/GyDJkBTNak
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) May 31, 2021
Update: The fan has has been arrested and banned.