During the opening minutes of the third quarter in Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves, a woman stormed the Target Center court before getting dragged off by security.
The arena’s security personnel were obviously on high-alert due to the two previous incidents of the same nature. One security guard was sitting next to the woman on the courtside seats and he instantly lept off his seat to tackle the court invader as soon as she stepped on the hardwood floor.
She apparently had disguised herself as an NBA referee, sporting the official’s uniform under a red shirt. A man who was sitting beside her also got escorted out of the arena by security.
Third protest during Timberwolves game
In Game 1 of this series, another woman was also removed from the arena after she chained herself to a basket stanchion. She was reportedly protesting Minnesota owner Glen Taylor‘s farm, which allegedly had to kill chickens due to a bird flu outbreak.
While the woman from Game 3 was not wearing the same blue t-shirt as the protestor from Game 1 — which had a message protesting the farms owned by the co-owner of the Timberwolves — she was likely part of the same movement. The first incident of this variety occurred in the franchise’s play-in game against the Los Angeles Clippers when a woman tried to glue herself to the floor.
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