Another sex toy was hurled from the stands toward WNBA players Tuesday night, with the latest vulgar prank unfolding in Los Angeles during the Indiana Fever-Los Angeles Sparks game.
The object landed on the Crypto.com Arena floor in Los Angeles, near the feet of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham. Officials momentarily stopped the game.
Sparks guard Kelsey Plum kicked it off the floor, and play resumed.
“I think it’s ridiculous. It’s dumb. It's stupid,” Sparks coach Lynne Roberts told reporters after the game. “It’s also dangerous, and players’ safety is No. 1. Respecting the game. All those things. I think it’s really stupid. That's all I'm going to say.”
Plum praised both teams and officials for giving the incident little attention in the moment.
"I thought we did a great job, Indiana included, just playing on, like don't give it any attention. And the refs, I really appreciate them, too. It's just like, 'Hey, let's go'" on with the game.
The string of incidents began Tuesday of last week when a fan hurled a bright green object on the floor at Gateway Center in College Park, Georgia, during the Golden State Valkyries-Atlanta Dream game.
The second such incident happened Friday during the third quarter of Golden State's game against the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
After the Chicago incident, Cunningham told her 230,000 followers on X over the weekend to stop throwing objects on the floor because "you’re going to hurt one of us."
After the game in Los Angeles, Cunningham acknowledged that her message didn't get through to everyone, posting on X, "this did NOT age well."
