During last night’s game 3 of the NBA finals Raptors star Kyle Lowry was visibly angry after he was shoved by a man sitting courtside.
Here's the fan that gave Kyle Lowry a bit of a push that had Lowry frustrated pic.twitter.com/A41HCGdMAY
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 6, 2019
During his postgame press conference, Lowry called for the fan to be banned from attending future NBA games.
After being shoved by a court-side fan, @Klow7 would like to see the NBA issue a lifetime ban. pic.twitter.com/ondjEfvN5L
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 6, 2019
It turns out that the fan in question is Mark Stevens, a minority owner of the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors have confirmed that team investor Mark Stevens was the man who pushed Kyle Lowry last night during Game 3.
Stevens will not be in attendance at any of the remaining games of the 2019 NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/yYa2ykPB3Q
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 6, 2019
LeBron James has now chimed in on the situation and blasted Harris on Instagram.
There’s absolutely no place in our BEAUTIFUL game for that AT ALL. There’s so many issues here. When you sit courtside you absolutely know what comes with being on the floor and if you don’t know it’s on the back on the ticket itself that states the guidelines. But he himself being a fan but more importantly PART-OWNER of the Warriors knew exactly what he was doing which was so uncalled for. He knew the rules more than just the average person sitting watching the game courtside so for that Something needs to be done ASAP! A swift action for his actions. Just think to yourself, what if @kyle_lowry7 would have reacted and put his hands back on him. You guys would be going CRAZY!! Calling for him to damn near be put in jail let alone being suspended for the rest of the Finals all because he was protected himself. I’ve been quite throughout the whole NBA playoffs watching every game (haven’t missed one) but after I saw what I saw last night, took time to let it manifest into my thinking 🧢 I couldn’t and wouldn’t be quiet on this! #ProtectThePlayers #PrivilegeAintWelcomeHere
The Warriors have released a statement confirming Stevens would not be attending the remaining finals games and the matter is under investigation.
Warriors statement on investor Mark Stevens after the sideline incident involving Kyle Lowry in Game 3.
Team says he will not be attending any more Finals games and it will be investigating the incident further. pic.twitter.com/1aA3ZKzu6h
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) June 6, 2019
That does not seem to be enough to satisfy LeBron.
Ok cool but still ain’t enough! They did exactly what they had to do. Get in front of it before anyone else and plus there’s only 4 games left(2 max in GS).
— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 6, 2019