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Fans involved in Isaiah Thomas confrontation get one-year arena ban

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated 12/22/19

The two Philadelphia fans involved in Saturday’s confrontation with Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas have been banned from the Wells Fargo Center for a year.

According to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the season ticket holder who provided the fans with the seats also had his tickets revoked.

The 2 fans who yelled obscenities at and made obscene gestures to #Wizards PG Isaiah Thomas in Sunday’s game have been banned from the Wells Fargo Center for 12 months. The season-ticket holder who gave them the seats for game had the tickets revoked, according #Sixers spokesman.

— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) December 22, 2019

You can see the incident here.

The whole incident came about for entirely ridiculous reasons, and now a pair of fans have made fools of themselves and won’t be allowed into the arena for a year. Given the concerns players have about this sort of behavior, coming down hard on it is entirely justified.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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