Woman chains herself to basket at T-Wolves-Grizzlies game

A protester chains herself to a basket during the first half of Game 1 of the first round for the 2022 NBA playoffs at FedExForum. Christine Tannous-USA TODAY Sports

Woman chains herself to basket at Timberwolves-Grizzlies Game 1

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated 4/16/22

For the second time in less than a week, an NBA game was briefly interrupted by a fan’s attempt to protest.

During the second quarter of Saturday’s playoff game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies, a woman somehow managed to chain herself to the back of one of the baskets. In a bizarre scene, arena security had to unchain her before carrying her out of the arena.

She chained herself to the basket stanchion pic.twitter.com/fAbi6uREdR

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) April 16, 2022

In addition, cameras on ESPN’s national broadcast showed that the woman apparently threw a handful of fliers onto the court as part of the protest.

Last Timberwolves game a lady glued herself to the floor

Today somebody threw something (flyers??) on the court

LMAOOO! pic.twitter.com/ADJGeE5I3j

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It was not clear what the purpose of the protest was. The delay did not last long, but it was significant enough to essentially give both teams an impromptu timeout.

The Timberwolves, for their part, must really be wondering what is going on with their games. A different fan interrupted the team’s play-in win by gluing herself to the floor. Now their playoff opener was briefly halted by whatever this was.

On the plus side, the T-Wolves came away with the 130-117 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

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

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