The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted the New York Knicks on Thursday night in the first game Karl-Anthony Towns ever played at Target Center as a visiting player. Towns had a huge first half as the Knicks jumped out to a big lead in the second quarter.
And that's when two fans ran onto the court. It wasn't immediately clear if they were just fans who wanted to draw attention to themselves or protesters looking to draw attention to something else.
During a dead ball with 2:34 remaining in the half, two people ran out on the floor. One made their way across the court while the second was tackled by security as they made their way out of the stands and ended up on the floor next to Karl-Anthony Towns, who has seen something like this before.
KAT looking down as the protester gets dragged off 😂 pic.twitter.com/nYa9ZJlj5s
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) December 20, 2024
You can see them in the 3rd row (front behind the walkway) get up and run out as soon as the whistle was blown pic.twitter.com/Wf7DfC1Ls2
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) December 20, 2024
Whatever their motivation, it conjured memories from KAT and everyone else about the people who inserted themselves into games three times during the 2022 postseason.
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