Brooklyn Nets' player Kyrie Irving had a water bottle thrown at him, Washington Wizards' star Russell Westbrook had popcorn dumped on his head, and the Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young was spit on.
The Brooklyn Nets set up vaccination sites near the Barclays Center as the team hosts playoff games.Brooklyn Nets' player Kyrie Irving had a water bottle thrown at him, Washington Wizards' star Russell Westbrook had popcorn dumped on his head, and the Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young was spit on.NBA playoffs
"Your thinking is barbaric," Brooks said in a post-game interview Monday night."We don’t need you. We don’t need your dollars. Get away from us." "In these arenas, you got to start protecting the players," Westbrook added."We'll see what the NBA does." Efforts by ABC News to reach Buckley for comment were not successful. It is not clear if he has hired an attorney.
Tricia McCorkle, a spokesperson for TD Garden, said the venue has"zero tolerance for violations of our guest code of conduct" and that Buckley is subject to a lifetime ban from the arena.
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