There were disturbing scenes during the playoff encounter between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Idiana Pacers: Basketball professional Patrick Beverley completely lost his nerve shortly before his Bucks were eliminated and allowed himself to be drawn into a conflict with parts of the audience.
With the score at 94:114 and 2:32 minutes to play, the NBA veteran threw a basketball from the bench towards the Pacers fans and hit a woman in the head. He then asked for the ball back and got it because the woman who was hit didn’t notice that it had been deliberately thrown.
The 35-year-old then threw the ball towards fans again, this time at another woman. There was a verbal argument with Pacers fans standing by. Teammates intervened and prevented Beverley from taking any further action.
“He should be suspended. You can’t just dump a woman. And he didn’t just throw once,” said former basketball star Charles Barkley on TNT. These are images that you shouldn’t even expect from an 18-year-old: “That’s just stupid.”
Patrick Beverley also behaves aggressively in the interview
The Bucks lost the sixth game of the best-of-seven series on Thursday (local time) with 98:120 and failed in the first round of the playoffs with 2:4 victories. Beverley herself did not want to comment on the incident during subsequent interviews in the dressing room; However, he also behaved aggressively there.
When asked to be interviewed by an ESPN reporter, Beverley responded negatively and said she couldn’t interview him unless she subscribed to his podcast. Beverley pushed the microphone away several times before asking the reporter to move away from him.
Coach Doc Rivers: “Winning is incredibly difficult”
The Bucks have not made it to the NBA Finals since winning the 2021 championship and now have to accept their second first round exit in a row. Star player Giannis Antetokounmpo from Greece did not play for the entire series due to injury. “Winning is incredibly difficult,” said coach Doc Rivers, who took over from Adrian Griffin during the season.
The Bucks parted ways with Griffin after 30 wins and 13 losses. As a result, Rivers even had a negative balance. (okay, with dpa)
2024-05-03 20:01:09
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