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"Bullshit," Thomas said in the briefest of
tweets, apparently none too pleased with the news.
The suspension without pay is the penalty the NBA handed Thomas
for his reaction after he was heckled by two apparent 76ers fans
in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Thomas was thrown out of the game following the incident.
Under NBA policy, deliberately entering the stands results in
automatic ejection as well as a fine and/or suspension.
In a video of the incident, Thomas appeared calm as he conversed
with two young male spectators, who, it turns out, might have
had nothing more on their minds than a potentially free ice
cream when they heckled Thomas.
"When I missed the first free throw, and made the second, I'm
running back, the fan had both of his middle fingers up and
said, 'fuck you, bitch' three times," Thomas told reporters.
"So then the timeout goes, and I go in the stands and confront
him. I said, 'don't be disrespectful'.
"His response was, 'I'm sorry, I just wanted a frosty'. Because
if you miss two free throws the fans get a frosty."
The NBA announced that the two fans involved in the incident
have been banned by the 76ers for one year.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by
Himani Sarkar)
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