Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley. Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Bucks' Patrick Beverley throws basketball at Pacers fan

By Adam Gretz | Last updated May 3, 2024 1:01 AM ET

The Milwaukee Bucks' season came to an end on Thursday night with a 120-98 Game 6 loss to the Indiana Pacers. It was an understandably frustrating result, especially given that Milwaukee was never fully healthy for the series.

One player on the team, Patrick Beverley, took that frustration out on a Pacers fans sitting behind the team's bench.

With just a little under three minutes to play in regulation and with the Pacers in full control, an exchange happened where a Pacers fan and Beverley clearly traded words words, with the fan tossing the ball to Beverley after he appeared to ask for it.

Beverley then whipped the ball back at the fan in an attempt to hit them.

Patrick Beverley just CHUCKED the ball at a fan after the Pacers eliminated the Bucks pic.twitter.com/lYOsG74Hai
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 3, 2024

Anytime you have fan and player confrontations that is never a good thing, especially in a sport like the NBA where there is almost no barrier between the crowd and the floor. Things can escalate rapidly.

The NBA is also not likely to respond kindly to that and Beverley could be facing a pretty steep fine.

Frustration is understandable given the moment, especially if the fans are trash talking as your season winds down. That is still not a good look for Beverley in that moment.

Adam Gretz

Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark. Catch him on Twitter @AGretz

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