{"id":2415,"date":"2026-06-04T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:06:00","slug":"nba-bans-two-people-from-arenas-after-one-runs-onto-court-during-game-1-attempts-selfie-with-wemby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2415","title":{"rendered":"NBA bans two people from arenas after one runs onto court during Game 1, attempts selfie with Wemby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 The NBA banned two people for life from its arenas on Thursday, after one of them was arrested shortly after running onto the court during Game 1 of the NBA Finals and appearing to take a selfie next to San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2413\">Adriano Panatta has been waiting 50 years for an Italian man to match him with a French Open title<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A second fan was banned for his involvement in Wednesday night\u2019s incident, which occurred midway through the fourth quarter of the game between the Spurs and New York Knicks. The NBA did not disclose specifics of that person\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe individual who entered the court area during Game 1 of The Finals was arrested and will be banned for life from all NBA arenas,\u201d an NBA spokesman said in a news release. \u201cA second individual will also receive a lifetime ban for his role in the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fan who ultimately was arrested appeared to enter the court from the sideline opposite the team benches, starting from behind the play and running into San Antonio\u2019s offensive end. The person was quickly pulled from the court by two security guards and it did not appear the person made any physical contact with Wembanyama or any New York players.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama did not appear bothered by the incident, either as it was happening or afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2411\">No handshake and no photo as Andreeva of Russia beats Kostyuk of Ukraine to reach French Open final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been in that situation,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Play was stopped for 1 minute and 29 seconds before the game resumed with a jump ball. The fan who entered the play was taken out of the court area through a baseline tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it was an event at all,\u201d Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. \u201cI thought security got him out of there. I think everybody moved on to the next play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=2409\">Serena Williams\u2019 tennis comeback to begin with 19-year-old doubles partner Victoria Mboko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 The NBA banned two people for life from its arenas on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NBA bans two people from arenas after one runs onto court during Game 1, attempts selfie with Wemby - 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