{"id":711784,"date":"2026-04-16T13:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711784\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:51:22","slug":"76ers-fan-pays-painful-price-for-staring-at-phone-from-front-row-during-play-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711784\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers fan pays painful price for staring at phone from front row during play-in game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The perks of sitting courtside also come with the responsibility to keep your head on a swivel at all times.<\/p>\n

This fan was caught texting when Magic forward Paolo Banchero drove into the lane looking for Desmond Bane in the corner for what should have been an open 3-pointer with Orlando leading 53-52 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

The pass didn\u2019t quite get to the corner enough, as Banchero\u2019s pass hit a female fan with hazel-colored hair who was texting in the front row during the 76ers\u2019 eventual 109-87 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ABanchero\u2019s pass goes towards this fan\u2019s head as she sits on her phone courtside. <\/p>\n

She quickly put her phone down as her two friends, sitting on each side of her, grabbed her head as the ball was thrown rather hard by Banchero.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s tough,\u201d the broadcast said as Tyrese Maxey immediately ran over to see if she was OK.<\/p>\n

Mike Prada from The Athletic<\/a> reported that the fan \u201ctried her best to put on a brave face but was clearly some combination of embarrassed and hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AThe ball hits her head as other fans attend to her to make sure she is ok. <\/p>\n

The report added that the fans groaned in unison as the pass to the her head was played on the Jumbotron.<\/p>\n

However, the fan reportedly did not leave the game as the 76ers pulled off a home victory to advance to the first round of the playoffs, where they will face the Celtics.<\/p>\n

Maxey led the way for Philadelphia as they punched their ticket to the Celtics series in the 2 vs. 7 matchup in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The perks of sitting courtside also come with the responsibility to keep your head on a swivel at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,56381,76,207,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-711784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","11":"tag-orlando-magic","12":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116414717332209869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}