A Boston Celtics fan was ejected from TD Garden and arrested after throwing a hard seltzer can toward the San Antonio Spurs bench Wednesday night. The fan has now been banned from all events at the venue. The incident happened in the third quarter when Celtics guard Kemba Walker was ejected with back-to-back technical fouls. Walker was arguing a non-call of an offensive foul on Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge.Boston police identified the fan as Justin Arnold, 22, of Everett. He was charged with disturbing a public assembly.Arnold was released on personal recognizance in the Celtics case, but held on a probation violation for a 2018 charge of assault and battery on a police officer.Boston trailed San Antonio 76-69 at the time of the incident and went on to lose the game 129-114."This act is a serious violation of our guest code of conduct and as a result the guest will be banned from all future events at TD Garden, for life," a TD Garden spokeswoman said in a statement. Arnold called radio station Jam’n 94.5 Thursday morning to say he was upset after Walker was ejected from the game. “Honestly, I just love Boston. And my emotions -- especially when you're a couple beers deep -- when Kemba gets tossed like that for the first time in his career over words … I got a little mad. I wasn't aiming toward the Spurs bench. And just chucked my beer,” he said. After the game, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said he apologized to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich for the incident and took time during his postgame news conference to apologize to the entire San Antonio team.“I hope that person is not allowed in an NBA arena again," Stevens said.Team members said they couldn't excuse the fan's reaction. "I love our fans, love the passion that they bring. They certainly bring a lot of energy, but we've got to try to stay away from that," Gordon Hayward said.Video shows the can flying from the stands behind the San Antonio bench and landing at the feet of a Spurs player, who was seated on the bench and had his back to the can, during the stoppage in play.The can was not empty, and the court had to be cleaned before play resumed.Watch video of the incident below:Tim Bontemps, of ESPN, was the first to report the arrest.

A Boston Celtics fan was ejected from TD Garden and arrested after throwing a hard seltzer can toward the San Antonio Spurs bench Wednesday night. The fan has now been banned from all events at the venue.

The incident happened in the third quarter when Celtics guard Kemba Walker was ejected with back-to-back technical fouls. Walker was arguing a non-call of an offensive foul on Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge.




Boston police identified the fan as Justin Arnold, 22, of Everett. He was charged with disturbing a public assembly.

Arnold was released on personal recognizance in the Celtics case, but held on a probation violation for a 2018 charge of assault and battery on a police officer.

Boston trailed San Antonio 76-69 at the time of the incident and went on to lose the game 129-114.

"This act is a serious violation of our guest code of conduct and as a result the guest will be banned from all future events at TD Garden, for life," a TD Garden spokeswoman said in a statement.

Arnold called radio station Jam’n 94.5 Thursday morning to say he was upset after Walker was ejected from the game.

“Honestly, I just love Boston. And my emotions -- especially when you're a couple beers deep -- when Kemba gets tossed like that for the first time in his career over words … I got a little mad. I wasn't aiming toward the Spurs bench. And just chucked my beer,” he said.

After the game, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said he apologized to Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich for the incident and took time during his postgame news conference to apologize to the entire San Antonio team.

“I hope that person is not allowed in an NBA arena again," Stevens said.

Team members said they couldn't excuse the fan's reaction.

"I love our fans, love the passion that they bring. They certainly bring a lot of energy, but we've got to try to stay away from that," Gordon Hayward said.

Video shows the can flying from the stands behind the San Antonio bench and landing at the feet of a Spurs player, who was seated on the bench and had his back to the can, during the stoppage in play.

The can was not empty, and the court had to be cleaned before play resumed.

Watch video of the incident below:

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Tim Bontemps, of ESPN, was the first to report the arrest.



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