Russell Westbrook Speaks Out Following Popcorn Incident With Fan

NBA fans are back, and they’re trolling harder than ever. Russell Westbrook was heading off the court due to an ankle injury on Wednesday evening’s Game 2 match-up against the 76ers, a fan did something pretty uncool. As Westbrook made his way through the tunnel, a fan took the opportunity to dump their bag of popcorn over Westbrook. Russell lost his cool, rightfully so, as several staffers and guards had to hold him back.

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The fan was then ejected by security just moments later.

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Russell Westbrook appeared to have popcorn poured on his head by a fan on his way to the locker room with an apparent injury.

The fan was ejected from the game. pic.twitter.com/WgtvKMFYHH

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 27, 2021

Westbrook spoke on the incident.

Russell Westbrook on the fan throwing popcorn: "I wouldn’t come up to me on the street and throw popcorn on my head, because you know what happens…In these arenas, you gotta start protecting the players. We’ll see what the NBA does."

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) May 27, 2021

Russell Westbrook speaks on the 🍿 incident in Philadelphia:

“We’ll see what the NBA does…I just don’t take that lightly.”@FortyEightMins | #DCAboveAll pic.twitter.com/sQWq5Pv7nN

— NBACrouse 🏙 (@ChrisWCrouse) May 27, 2021

The Wells Fargo center made a statement:

Statement from the President of Business Ops of the Wells Fargo Center on the Westbrook/fan popcorn incident: “This was classless, unacceptable behavior, and we’re not going to tolerate it…” https://t.co/xfyJBr9qR1 pic.twitter.com/2z296ay3HT

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) May 27, 2021

There’s clearly a line, and fans can cross it. If they do, they should never be allowed to an NBA game ever again.

You have to let these fools know they’re not untouchable.

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