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Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley chucked a basketball twice at Indiana Pacers fans with seats behind the Bucks bench late in the fourth quarter of the Pacers’ series-clinching 120-98 victory in Game 6.
With 2:32 left in the fourth quarter Thursday and Indiana ahead 114-94, Beverley threw a basketball into the stands, and the ball hit a fan in the head. Beverley asked for the ball back and then threw it with greater force back at another fan.
Beverley sat down and exchanged words with another fan. Security intervened as Bucks players, including Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, turned around to see what was happening.
Beverley is an aggressive player and known agitator. He had just checked out of the game, finishing with six points on 3-for-11 shooting and five assists. He did not receive any penalty during the game for throwing the ball.
The NBA normally fines a player $25,000 for throwing a ball into the stands, and the league will review this incident.