2 fans escorted from seats in Aces’ overtime win against Fever


INDIANAPOLIS — Two men were escorted from their courtside seats in Gainbridge Fieldhouse during the third quarter of the Las Vegas Aces and Indiana Fever matchup Thursday.

The incident began after Las Vegas guard Jackie Young inbounded the basketball and motioned toward fans sitting courtside and spoke to a referee. The game was stopped for several minutes with 4:38 left in the quarter, and security escorted a woman, who was sitting in the front row directly across from the Aces bench, out through a tunnel.

A few minutes later, she was assisted back to her seat, and two men who were seated near her were taken out.

“He was just chirping all game,” Young told reporters after the game. “I let him have it, and then he just made one that was a little bit too far.”

Young declined to share specifics of what the fans said to her. “I think we’ll just keep it in here,” she said.

“Following a report of a comment directed toward a player, arena security spoke with the fan involved and witnesses,” the Fever said in a statement. “Security determined there was no violation of the Fan Code of Conduct. The fan was not removed from the arena, but elected to leave. We consider the matter closed.”

Regardless of the outcome, Young was happy with how it was handled.

“They did the right thing,” she said. “Obviously, we don’t want to see fans get kicked out, but at the end of the day, we’re human too. So let’s just show up to games, have fun and not take it too far.”

Las Vegas won 86-84 in overtime thanks to a buzzer-beater 3-pointer from Chelsea Gray.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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