Marcus Good obtained into it with a Celtics fan in his return to TD Backyard on Sunday night time.
That fan, Good mentioned after the sport, “crossed the road.”
Good, now with the Washington Wizards, was noticed leaning over the crew’s bench and moving into it with a fan throughout their 124-90 loss. Issues obtained a bit heated and Good needed to be held again by teammates earlier than the fan was escorted out of the sector. At one level, Good tried to stroll across the bench to really method the fan, however he was held again and appeared to assume higher of it.
It’s unclear what was really mentioned to spark the altercation, however Good was clear that it was a step too far.
“Everyone knows I don’t do line crossing,” Good mentioned, by way of the Boston Herald. “And that was it. We transfer on. [It’s] unlucky. You by no means wish to see that, particularly for a man who’s coming again and who’s given this metropolis every part he has. However it’s what it’s.”
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The Celtics chosen Good with the No. 6 total choose within the 2014 NBA Draft out of Oklahoma State. He spent his first 9 years within the league with the franchise earlier than he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies forward of the 2023 marketing campaign. He was then dealt to Washington forward of the deadline this season.
In complete, the previous Defensive Participant of the Yr has averaged 9 factors and three.2 assists per recreation this season. He has one 12 months left on his four-year, $76 million deal.
Good, who missed out on the Celtics’ championship run in his first season away from teh franchise final season, helped the crew make it to the NBA Finals as soon as and the Japanese Convention finals six totally different occasions. He didn’t play in Sunday night time’s blowout loss.
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The Wizards maintain only a 17-61 document with 4 video games left within the common season. They’ve the worst document within the Japanese Convention and the second-worst within the league behind solely the Utah Jazz. The Wizards have already been eradicated from playoff competition and can miss the postseason for the sixth time within the final seven years. They’re in competition to land the No. 1 total choose within the NBA Draft this summer time, nevertheless, which might presumably land them Duke star Cooper Flagg.
Whereas one fan did not appear to understand his return, he gave the impression to be the outlier.
“Flashbacks, child,” Good mentioned, by way of the Herald. “No, but it surely’s all the time nice. The followers have all the time proven love, and it positively brings again recollections. I do know my spouse is over there, making an attempt to not cry. It’s all the time an excellent feeling, but it surely positively introduced again some recollections.”
