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    The Ugly Side of NBA Fandom Can No Longer Be Ignored

    The post-pandemic return of spectators should be an opportunity to reset their antagonistic relationship with athletes.
    by Robert O'Connell Jun 02, 2021 5 minutes
    Source: Nathaniel S. Butler / NBAE / Getty / Paul Spella / The Atlantic

    Late Sunday night, after the fourth game of a playoff series between the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics, the most talked-about video was not a high-definition highlight but a few frames of zoomed-in graininess. As Kyrie Irving—once a Celtic, now a Net, fresh off scoring 39 points in a Brooklyn rout—exited the court in Boston, a 21-year-old fan named Cole Buckley allegedly hurled a plastic water bottle at Irving’s head. TV cameras, surveying the postgame scene in wide angle, of the bottle as it just missed Irving. They then focused on the aftermath: Irving and his teammates huddling courtside and pointing Buckley out; Buckley, wearing a Kevin Garnett jersey, getting handcuffed and pulled away by security personnel. trended on Twitter; TNT’s , the postgame show of record, played it

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