Two Blonde Fans Courtside in Atlanta Heckled LeBron So Much Referees Stopped the Lakers - Hawks Game [UPDATE]

The Atlanta Hawks just started allowing fans to attend games last week, which means about 1,700 people were probably in attendance for Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Hawks fans were obviously ready because things got so heated courtside between two women and LeBron James that officials had to pause the game so security could talk to them.
Refs stop the game after a Hawks fan heckles LeBron pic.twitter.com/NsoFjyel97
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 2, 2021
If you're sitting courtside this season in any arena, it's probably not recommended that you pull off your mask to yell at the player, but
LeBron getting into it with the courtside fans in Atlanta ? pic.twitter.com/rOD7oZNozm
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) February 2, 2021
Spot the lie pic.twitter.com/vDeGxjw2xc
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 2, 2021
As more comes out about this situation - and it most definitely will since one of the women was pretty obviously preparing a social media post - we will update.
UPDATE: And here is the update! It only took a few minutes. Apparently the two couples in those seats were kicked out of the game. The one woman updated her Instagram stories saying that LeBron looked at her husband and "cussed him out." That's when she stood up and threatened to "f--k him up."
— Viral Sports (@NotScTop10plays) February 2, 2021
And here's first person video from the group that was ejected courtside.
Another update, here's the woman continuing to say, "f--k you" to LeBron James. She has been labeled "Courtside Karen."
And here's an update from the Lakers side of things. Check out the entire thread. We'll add video.
Frank Vogel, asked about the exchange between the Lakers and Courtside Karen
— Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) February 2, 2021
"You obviously can't have fans taking their masks down and shouting at our players during these times."
LeBron said he thinks it would have been fine if the fan hadn't been close to the refs.
— Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) February 2, 2021
"They might have had a couple drinks maybe... The referees did what they had to do... I don't want to say he went overboard, but I think he went pretty close to out of bounds."
UPDATE: Here's LeBron talking about it and then tweeting about it.
"At the end of the day, I'm happy fans are back in the building. ... I miss that interaction. ... We as players need that interaction."
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 2, 2021
LeBron on his interaction with spectators in Atlanta on Monday: pic.twitter.com/spWDITZqkl
Courtside Karen was MAD MAD!! ???????
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 2, 2021