{"id":122600,"date":"2026-06-10T06:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/nba-players-speak-out-as-fans-become-targets-of-attack-video\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:09:45","slug":"nba-players-speak-out-as-fans-become-targets-of-attack-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/nba-players-speak-out-as-fans-become-targets-of-attack-video\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Players Speak Out as Fans Become Targets of Attack: VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The San Antonio Spurs\u2019 Game 3 victory over the New York Knicks has been overshadowed by disturbing scenes that unfolded on the streets on New York afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple videos circulated across social media showing individuals wearing Spurs gear being confronted, harassed and, in some cases, physically attacked by apparent Knicks fans following San Antonio\u2019s 115-111 win.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8INSANITY\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>SPURS FAN gets ASSAULTED by a rabid mob of New York Nicks fans<\/p>\n<p>Police is nowhere to be found\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p57KAD8vln\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/p57KAD8vln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PartiKing (@parti_king) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/parti_king\/status\/2064193192413597753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At least 21 people were arrested in incidents connected to fan behavior after the game, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49012236\/wembanyama-other-players-condemn-violence-spurs-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, citing the New York Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the violent actions, Victor Wembanyama didn\u2019t hesitate to condemn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts of course [are] that we can\u2019t forget it\u2019s a game,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cWe\u2019re just playing a game out there. I am all for passion, but [with] the respect of each other. It\u2019s unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several players from both teams echoed the same message, stressing that fan passion should never cross the line into violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe game is built off of respect and passion,\u201d Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns said. \u201cWe want everyone to respect each other. We want everyone to enjoy basketball at its purest state. It\u2019s the NBA Finals. There\u2019s no better place to watch basketball. Leave the physicality to everyone on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spurs forward Julian Champagnie, who grew up in Brooklyn, said the incidents shouldn\u2019t define the city or the fanbase, but made it clear there is no excuse for targeting people because of the team they support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel we\u2019re here to play a basketball game. That\u2019s the main thing,\u201d Champagnie said. \u201cI feel like, for the fans, it should never be that serious where you have to jump people, beat people up, follow people home. Whether we win, they win, it doesn\u2019t really matter. Everybody should be able to come and enjoy the game, no matter who they\u2019re rooting for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs organization also confirmed that the team itself has not encountered any security issues during its stay in New York.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2026\/06\/08\/sam-presti-fires-back-at-critics-while-backing-chet-holmgren-sga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Presti Fires Back at Critics While Backing Chet Holmgren &amp; SGA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2026\/06\/09\/nba-players-speak-out-as-fans-become-targets-of-attack-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Antonio Spurs\u2019 Game 3 victory over the New York Knicks has been overshadowed by disturbing scenes that unfolded on the streets on New York afterward. Multiple videos circulated across social media showing individuals wearing Spurs gear being confronted, harassed and, in some cases, physically attacked by apparent Knicks fans following San Antonio\u2019s 115-111 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}