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The Celtics fan who allegedly threw a water bottle at Nets guard Kyrie Irving was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

Fan charged with assault and battery after throwing water bottle at Kyrie Irving Joseph Choi © Getty Images Fan charged with assault and battery after throwing water bottle at Kyrie Irving A Celtics fan who threw a water bottle at Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has been arrested on charges of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Speaking to USA Today, Boston Police sergeant detective John Boyle the suspect, Cole Buckley from Braintree, Massachusetts, was arrested Sunday. Buckley will be arraigned Tuesday in Boston Municipal Court. Buckley, 21, has also been ban...

A 21-year-old Celtics fan is the third fan in the last week to find himself banned from an NBA arena.

It goes much deeper than that. “(It’s) just underlying racism, and treating people like they’re in a human zoo,” Irving said after a water bottle was thrown at him following Brooklyn’s 141-126 victory over the Celtics on Sunday night. “Throwing stuff at people, saying things. There’s a certain point where it gets to be too much,” said the Nets guard, who spent two years playing in Boston and revealed last week he was the victim of racism during his time in the city. “You see people just feel very entitled out here. … As a Black man playing in the NBA, dealing with a lot of...

“This incident is under review,” TD Garden said in a statement. “We have zero tolerance for violations of our guest code of conduct, and the guest is subject to a lifetime ban from TD Garden.” The incident marks at least the third instance of fans spitting or throwing things at NBA players in recent weeks. Last week, Wizards star Russell Westbrook had popcorn thrown on him, and Hawks guard Trae Young was spat on at Madison Square Garden. “Anything could’ve happened with that water bottle being thrown at me,” Irving said. “But my brothers were surrounding me, and I had people i...