Sixers’ Fans Who Called Carmelo Anthony ‘Boy’ Are Ejected From Game

The intensity of Thursday’s Lakers-76ers game wasn’t confined strictly to the players on the court—though some were involved in the extra-curricular activity.

With about seven minutes left to play, Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony walked directly toward some fans near the court to exchange a few words.

The refs came in and stood in front of Anthony to thwart the spiraling situation, and the fans were kicked out.

Melo got into it with this fan and he was removed from the game 👀 pic.twitter.com/V3vpPHBXmx

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 28, 2022

It wasn’t clear what the fans said to get Anthony so riled up, but apparently they were calling him “boy” and telling him to “get in the corner boy” and “keep shooting boy.”

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

Anthony’s teammate LeBron James was involved in a similar situation earlier this season during a game against the Indiana Pacers. The superstar had refs kick out two unruly fans, who faced no other consequences.