Court fan ejected for pushing Lowry from Raptors

OAKLAND, Calif. – A back-to-back supporter for the third game of Wednesday night's NBA final was ejected after pushing out Kyle Lowry when the Toronto Raptors' guard crashed into a row of seats. that he was trying to save a ball from the goal.

Lowry scored 23 points and made several big shots in a 123-109 win that gave the Raptors a 2-1 lead over the series against Golden State. Subsequently, Lowry and his fans had as much noise as his offensive exploits.

The league said it was investigating this incident.

"Fans have a place, we love our fans," Lowry told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. "But fans like these should not be allowed to attend, because it's not right, I can not do anything to protect myself.

"But the league is doing a good job and is hoping to ban him forever from the NBA games."

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At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Lowry fired a loose ball and jumped into the air as she stepped out of the field, not far from Joe Lacob, the owner of the Warriors. Lowry hit the ball to a referee and landed in the lap of a male fan, who appeared to grab the Lowry jersey with both hands.

A woman standing nearby patted Lowry on Lowry's back. At the same time, a man in a blue shirt who was sitting stretched out his left arm and gave Lowry a strong push on his left shoulder.

Lowry has risen and complained to the officials, who have kicked the audience out of the match. Lowry told the Associated Press that the fan had insulted him several times, and Lowry said he had spoken to the NBA about the incident before leaving Oracle Arena.

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The physical interaction of Kyle Lowry with a fan in the third match led to the expulsion of the fan and at the request of Lowry to banish him for life from the NBA games.

"There is no room for that," Lowry said. "There was no reason to touch me.It had no reason to reach more than two seats and to speak to me in vulgar language.There is no place for people like that in our league.Hope that he will never come back to an NBA game. "

Lowry said the incident was not like the large-scale episode that involved Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz in the regular season, when the star said that a fan made racist remarks.