A pair of rowdy fans traded blows in the stands at Madison Square Garden during the Knicks-Raptors game on Wednesday in a brief video posted to social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 15-second clip, recorded early into the Knicks\u2019 112-98 win over the Raptors<\/a>, showed two men going at it somewhere in the 100s section behind one of the baskets.\u00a0<\/p>\n The video picks up with the two men grappling with one another, with one man in the row behind the other individual.\u00a0<\/p>\n I was right behind the fight! Crazy that two people found something to fight about 3 minutes into the game. pic.twitter.com\/a7L6cstJ2A<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Max (@maxmonth) January 9, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n One of the men wore a tan jacket and jeans, while the other donned a black long-sleeve shirt with dark-colored jeans.\u00a0<\/p>\n After a few seconds, the man in the long-sleeved shirt began throwing haymakers, with one punch seeming to connect with near the side of the other brawler\u2019s neck.\u00a0<\/p>\n The person in the tan jacket responded with a punch of their own before the person filming the video panned out to show the court and MSG scoreboard before shifting back to filming the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n By the time the camera pans back to the incident, cooler heads seemed to prevail and the man in the black shirt was restrained by another person.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans brawl during the Knicks-Raptors game on Wednesday night. X\/maxmonth<\/p>\n The video stopped before security arrived in the section.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI was right behind the fight! Crazy that two people found something to fight about 3 minutes into the game,\u201d wrote the person<\/a> who recorded the video and posted it on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jalen Brunson\u2019s Knicks beat the Raptors at MSG on Wednesday night. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n OG Anunoby attempts to block a shot by RJ Barrett during the fourth quarter of Karl-Anthony Towns shoots a short jumper during the Knicks\u2019 win over the Raptors. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cWe are aware of the incident, and while we aren\u2019t going to get into specifics, the aggressor was immediately removed from the venue following the altercation,\u201d an MSG Sports spokesperson said in a statement to The Post. \u201cIt is our top priority to provide a safe environment for our guests and as stated in our code of conduct, we do not tolerate violence of any kind in our venues.\u201d<\/p>\n The ejected fan missed seeing the Knicks snapping their three-game losing streak behind 27-point efforts from OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t
the Knicks\u2019 win. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n