Two women sued Patrick Beverley, claiming they suffered injuries after the former Milwaukee Bucks guard rocketed a basketball toward their faces from almost point-blank range.
During his team’s playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers that ended their season, Beverley was sitting on the bench when he stood up and launched a basketball at a female Pacers fan sitting behind the team’s bench, hitting the fan directly in the head.
He appeared to motion to have the ball back, and when it was returned, he again threw the ball at another fan, who was able to deflect it.
“We in layup line. I’m on the bench with the ball. Fan to the right of me say something crazy. I get up to him, ‘Hey, man, you can boo me but don’t call me that.’ I go shake (Pacers coach) Rick Carlisle’s hand, fan say something crazy to me,” Beverley recalled. “I’m looking like, ‘Man, you can say anything, just don’t be disrespectful.’ He apologized too. Everyone who stepped out of line and said something like too crazy, all of them apologized. It was just some people crossed the line a little bit.”
The NBA suspended him for the incident, but he is currently playing in Israel.
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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