The Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns played on Sunday evening at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs. Despite the fact that it was a preseason game, all the stars suited up, including LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Devin Booker.
Even after they had all shut it down for the night, the action continued as a fan was ejected in plain view of the players who were very entertained by the situation.
Late in the third quarter, as Josh Okogie stepped to the line to shoot a free throw, the game was briefly delayed as officials waited for a fan to be ejected. James, Davis and others on the Lakers bench had a great view of the entire situation and were extremely animated watching everything unfold.
Delay in the Lakers game as a fan apparently got ejected
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) October 7, 2024
LeBron and the Lakers were having a good laugh about it on the benchpic.twitter.com/0fXYYlF687
Kevin Durant, from the other end of the court, also had something to say about it.
KD after a fan was ejected 🤣
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) October 7, 2024
“GET THE F*CK OUT” 😭😭😭
pic.twitter.com/rdIZtZTeDV
According to The Athletic's Jovan Buha, the fan somehow got the ball and took a shot from behind the basket. This prompted security to ask him to leave, which he did not want to do.
A fan picked up the ball and shot it from behind the basket. The ball didn't clear the backboard, though, and bounced back into the crowd. Security then asked him to leave and he wouldn't. It took nearly six security guards to escort him out as he pushed back and it escalated. https://t.co/YXhsEgFISi
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) October 7, 2024
This is apparently video of the fan being escorted out by security. And yeah, there really were like six security guards involved.
Action stops as a fan is ejected for trying to shoot the ball from behind the basket. After a delay (including LeBron playfully signaling for him to be tossed) the fan resisted as security tried to get him out of the building pic.twitter.com/RXbUPSIr05
— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) October 7, 2024
So to recap, LeBron, AD and KD were all seen heckling a fan who was being forcibly removed by security, over what sounds like a pretty benign act. And it happened at a preseason game in Palm Springs.
This league.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as LeBron James, Kevin Durant Really Enjoyed a Fan Ejection During Preseason Game.
