Sixers Fans Who Were Ejected for Heckling Carmelo Anthony Allegedly Called Him ‘Boy'

Sixers fans were ejected on Thursday for heckling Carmelo Anthony during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers that went down at Wells Fargo Center.

Jan 28, 2022
Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks out during the game.
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Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks out during the game.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 25: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks out during the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on January 25, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Michelle Farsi/Getty Images)

Two 76ers were ejected on Thursday night for heckling Carmelo Anthony during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers that went down at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center.

Carmelo Anthony gets into a heated exchange with a pair of Sixers fans courtside. 👀

Two of them get ejected from the Lakers-Philly gamepic.twitter.com/SQKxvvfSpF

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) January 28, 2022

One of the Sixers fans reportedly called Anthony a “boy,” Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reports. 

Sixers fan that was ejected for taunting Los Angeles Lakers star Carmelo Anthony kept calling him a “boy” and yelling “get in the corner boy” and “keeping shooting boy,” league sources tell @YahooSports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) January 28, 2022

Sixer Fan Heckled Carmelo, "You’re down 18 Melo!" #nba #lakers pic.twitter.com/QRrvxKWUCk

— Mr. Viral 🔥🔥🔥 (@techz_dave) January 28, 2022

Melo to the hecklers: "You got the right one! F**k you! F**k you talking about!"

AD & the scream at the end of the clip 🤣

(Via @GaangGreen) pic.twitter.com/v1WfRNAGAJ

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) January 28, 2022

Anthony then went over to a third person who looked like they were heckling the Lakers player, Bleacher Report pointed out. Sixers star Joel Embiid saw what was going down and attempted to calm Anthony.

Carmelo Anthony not happy with a Philly fan

Joel Embiid tried to calm the situation pic.twitter.com/7Q3ImKh9OZ

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) January 28, 2022

“Unacceptable language and unacceptable behavior by fans is the simplest way to put it,” Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said of the incident, according to The Athletic’s Bill Oram. “There’s gotta be a higher standard and hopefully that’s handled the right way.”

The Sixers ended up wining the game with a final score of 105-87.

see ya LAter!👋

🪙@Cryptocom pic.twitter.com/2DeyFsIqZI

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) January 28, 2022
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