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Patrick Beverley really didn’t take the Bucks’ playoff loss well on Thursday night … because not only did he throw a basketball TWICE at some Pacers fans — he also got into an awkward altercation with a reporter afterward.
Beverley’s bizarre antics began with about two and a half minutes remaining in Milwaukee’s Game 6 loss in Indianapolis… when, for some reason, he threw a ball at an Indiana fan who was sitting a few rows away from Bucks team bench.
Patrick Beverly told the ESPN reporter that she can’t interview him because she doesn’t subscribe to his podcast. pic.twitter.com/sRFHiZJaSK
-Alex Golden (@AlexGoldenNBA) May 3, 2024
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Check out the broadcast video of the game, you can see the ball hit the woman in the face… causing her to hold her head in pain for several moments.
Then, after the ball was returned to Beverley, he threw it one more time… hitting a man in a Pacers jersey right in the middle.
Everyone in the area was stunned… and some were upset, with some hurling words at the 35-year-old guard. Eventually, though, attention turned to the end of the game – which the Pacers won 120-98.
But things only got stranger for PatBev… as in his postgame meeting with members of the media, he kicked a woman out of his impromptu press conference for not subscribing to his podcast.
Video from inside the Milwaukee locker room shows him pushing her microphone away from her face a few times — telling her, “If you could move that microphone, please, or just step out of the circle, please, for me, for Please, ma’am, if you are not subscribed to my pod.”
When she left, he added, “I appreciate it, thank you.”
It’s not fair at all. It exchanges between a fan and our football club all night long. We warned and asked for help all night. Is not fair. 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️ https://t.co/e2o0lcqZtg
-Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) May 3, 2024
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Beverley didn’t touch on the basketball throwing incident during the rest of his conversation with reporters… but he did address the subject in a couple of late-night tweets, writing: “Not fair at all. Traded between a fan and our ball club all night We warned and asked for help all night.
“But I have to improve,” he continued. “And I will go.”
Beverley’s season is over – but Carlos Barkley said on “NBA on TNT” that he expects PB to be suspended for a portion of the upcoming season due to the behavior.
“That’s just wrong,” the Hall of Famer said.