Fan who threw a bottle at Irving suspended for life

Although the bottle failed to hit the Nets player, the fan was arrested and charged against him

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A fan of the Boston Celtics was arrested and suspended for life from entering the TD Garden after Throw a bottle of water on the head of the player of the Brooklyn Nets Kyrie Irvin , when he left the court, as told by sources in the league a ESPN .

The incident occurred on Sunday night, after the end of the meeting where the Nets beat the Celtics with a score of 141 – 126.

The public of The Celtics threw a bottle at Kyrie Irving. pic.twitter.com / VeTpaZE5DD

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The outrage over the defeat brought out the most aggressive side of the fan , who wanted to pay with Irving the loss that put Brooklyn 3-1 ahead of Boston.

It was also known that for this reason he was detained and it is expected that charges will be brought against him by violence.

This fan was arrested and fired for life from TD Garde ns for throwing a bottle at Kyrie Irving 😳 pic.twitter .com / dOogNXbaR8

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“You are seeing that many old customs emerge. Simply the underlying racism and treating people as if they were in a human zoo. Throw away things to people, say things. There’s a certain point where it becomes too much, ”Kyrie after the fact.

Violent acts against players have precedent in this NBA postseason. In the second game of the first round of the Wizards against Philadelphia , a fantastic Sixers threw popcorn at Russell Westbrook.

A fan threw a bottle of water at Kyrie Irving, he was immediately arrested, criminal charges were filed against him, on Tuesday he will be in court and he will spend some time in prison. The NBA has already vetoed him for life. pic.twitter.com/aXgFMiI8tU

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This event caused the expulsion for life of the fanatic aggressor of the Wells Fargo Center facility.

In relation to this situation the star of the Nets Kevin Durant stated, “I know that being in the house for a year and a half With the pandemic it made a lot of people nervous, it stressed a lot of people, but when you come to these games, you have to realize that these men are human. We are not animals , we are not in the circus ”