With some stellar Kyrie Irving Y Kevin Durant, the Brooklyn Nets they won 141-126 on Sunday in a tense match on the Los Boston Celtics and they made it 3-1 in this series from the East.
Irving, who changed the Celtics for the Nets in 2019, he was again booed throughout the game by the 17,000 fans of the TD Garden.
At the end of the match, a bottle of water thrown from the stands fell close to Irving when he entered the changing room tunnel.
Shortly thereafter, the TD Garden reported that “a guest was arrested by the police (…) for throwing an object “.
This person “is subject to a lifetime ban at TD Garden“, the text underlined.
The atmosphere around the return of Irving to the TD Garden, where he had not yet played with the public, was rarefied by comments from the point guard about racism on Boston.
“Many old customs are emerging… latent racism and treat people like they’re in a human zoo, “Irving said after the game.”Throw things at people, say things. There is a certain moment when it is too much. “
“It’s unfortunate that sports has come to a lot of this kind of crossroads. … Just underlying racism and just treating people like they’re in a human zoo.”
Kyrie Irving speaks out after a fan threw a water bottle at him in Boston. pic.twitter.com/IXfE8I0EE8
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“Fans they have to mature at some point, “he claimed from his side Durant. “We are not animals, we are not in a circus.”
The incident of Irving joins others cases occurred at the start of these playoffs.
The New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers they had to ban two fans from entering their courts who spat and threw popcorn at two rival stars, Bring young (Hawks) y Russell Westbrook (Wizards).
The Nets, who can stamp the pass on Tuesday at Brooklyn, they overwhelmed some Celtics where it only shone Jayson Tatum with 40 points.
Irving achievement 39 points and 11 rebounds, For 42 points Y James Harden another 23 points and 18 assists.
With these 104 points combined, the ‘Big 3‘ from Nets equaled the scoring record by a trio of teammates in playoff history.
Clippers aplasta a Mavericks
For the second consecutive game, Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Mavericks on Dallas (106-81) and tied 2-2 this Western series.
The stellar couple formed by Kawhi Leonard, with 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Paul George, aged 20 and 9, wreaked havoc again on the Texan team, in which Luka Doncic he stayed at 19 points with 9/24 shooting from the field.
The Clippers, who were on the ropes after two defeats in The Angels, have given a coup of authority this weekend in Dallas and they regain the field advantage.
The Los Angeles team, which eliminated the Mavericks, tries to avoid a new playoff failure that could end the ambitious project built around Leonard Y George.
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