Watch as fan is ejected after altercation with Carmelo Anthony (Video)

Watch as fans are ejected after altercation with Carmelo Anthony (Video)

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Watch as two fans are ejected after an altercation with Carmelo Anthony.

On Thursday night the Lakers were facing the Philadelphia 76ers but it wasn’t the game that got fans riled up. Instead, it was a mid-game shouting match between unruly fans and Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony.

Watch the whole thing unfold right here.

Melo got into it with this fan and he was removed from the game 👀 pic.twitter.com/V3vpPHBXmx
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 28, 2022

The fans were eventually ejected from the stands and the League explained exactly what was going on.

According to Yahoo Sports, the fans were yelling “boy” at Anthony which has racial connotations.

Sixers fan that was ejected for taunting Los Angeles Lakers star Carmelo Anthony kept calling him a “boy” and yelling “get in the corner boy” and “keeping shooting boy,” league sources tell @YahooSports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) January 28, 2022

Fans ejected after altercation with Carmelo Anthony

After the game, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel spoke on the incident, saying that it was “unacceptable language and unacceptable behavior” by the fans and that there “needs to be a higher standard.” The full quote can be viewed below, courtesy of The Athletic’s Bill Oram.

Frank Vogel on courtside incident between Carmelo Anthony and fans: “Unacceptable language and unacceptable behavior by fans, is the simplest way to put it. There’s gotta be a higher standard and hopefully that’s handled the right way.”
— Bill Oram (@billoram) January 28, 2022

76ers star Joel Embiid, who was trying to calm Anthony down during the altercation, told reporters after the game that he did not know what happened between the Lakers forward and the fan.

Joel Embiid says he wasn’t sure what happened with Carmelo Anthony and the fan tonight. Says he just wanted to calm the situation so they could get the game moving #Sixers
— Justin Grasso (@JGrasso_) January 28, 2022

The Lakers lost to the 76ers 105-87.

On Friday, Jan. 28, the 76ers reached out to multiple news outlets to announce that after an investigation, the fan who made the comments is banned indefinitely from the team’s games and future events at the Wells Fargo Center.

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