“Purchasing a ticket doesn’t give you the right to do that!”: Skip Bayless sides with Russell Westbrook over Sixers fan throwing popcorn at him

Co-host of Undefeated, Skip Bayless shows his displeasure and condemns the actions of the Sixers fan towards Russell Westbrook

The NBA has its own fair share of drama and dispute, but at the end of the day, the league sticks together. Something of the sort happened today when the Wizards were facing the Sixers in Game 2 of their first-round matchup. Russell Westbrook was leaving the court with an injury when a fan threw popcorn at him.

Russell Westbrook appeared to have popcorn poured on his head by a fan on his way to the locker room with an apparent injury.

The fan was ejected from the game. pic.twitter.com/WgtvKMFYHH

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 27, 2021

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This act has angered everyone in and around the league. The fan was ejected and hopefully would get banned from attending further games.

Skip Bayless wanted Russell Westbrook to have a shot at the fan

In the video, it is clear that Westbrook was agitated by this action of the fan. He has to be held back and restricted from otherwise confronting the fan. Initially, Skip Bayless put out this tweet when the incident had just occurred.

Sure, part of me wishes Russell Westbrook could’ve been allowed to go after the fan who dumped popcorn on him and send a message to all fans: THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. But obviously the law and league won’t allow that. So at least the fan was removed and hopefully be banned.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 27, 2021

Later, during the post-game presser, Westbrook said that no ticket gives a fan the right to throw food at a player or yell at them. He added by saying that the case would have been different if the person would have taken the same action on the streets. Skip agreed with Russ again and put this tweet out.

Westbrook is so right. The price of a ticket doesn’t give the fan the right to yell whatever the fan wants or to throw food at a player. Westbrook: if that fan had poured popcorn on him in the street, “it would’ve been different.” You better believe it.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) May 27, 2021

At the end of the day, the actions taken by the fan were wrong. No player should ever be treated like that, no matter how heated the matches get.

The Sixers beat the Wizards comfortably and secured a 2-0 lead in the series as they head to Washington next.