LeBron James calls for ‘swift action’ for Warriors part-owner who shoved Lowry

The Toronto Raptors had a dominant victory in Wednesday night’s Game 3, beating a banged up Warriors squad, 123-109. But the biggest story to come from the game came from the extracurriculars and a story that has become far too common in the NBA this season: a fan crossing the line with a player.

After diving for a loose ball and flying into the front row, Kyle Lowry was shoved by a fan sitting court side. It’s now been revealed that the fan who shoved Lowry and was subsequently ejected was Warriors part-owner Mark Stevens, who is a venture capitalist. But LeBron James doesn’t care how rich he is and took to his Instagram to demand “swift action” for Stevens’ actions, presumably from the NBA.

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🗣There’s absolutely no place in our BEAUTIFUL game for that AT ALL. There’s so many issues here. When you sit courtside you absolutely know what comes with being on the floor and if you don’t know it’s on the back on the ticket itself that states the guidelines. But he himself being a fan but more importantly PART-OWNER of the Warriors knew exactly what he was doing which was so uncalled for. He knew the rules more than just the average person sitting watching the game courtside so for that Something needs to be done ASAP! A swift action for his actions. Just think to yourself, what if @kyle_lowry7 would have reacted and put his hands back on him. You guys would be going CRAZY!! Calling for him to damn near be put in jail let alone being suspended for the rest of the Finals all because he was protected himself. I’ve been quite throughout the whole NBA playoffs watching every game (haven’t missed one) but after I saw what I saw last night, took time to let it manifest into my thinking 🧢 I couldn’t and wouldn’t be quiet on this! #ProtectThePlayers #PrivilegeAintWelcomeHere

A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Jun 6, 2019 at 9:42am PDT

The Warriors released a statement saying that Stevens would be banned for the remainder of the NBA Finals, but LeBron followed up saying that isn’t enough for the way he put his hands on Lowry.

Ok cool but still ain’t enough! They did exactly what they had to do. Get in front of it before anyone else and plus there’s only 4 games left(2 max in GS).

— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 6, 2019

So, LeBron has spoken. The ball is now in Adam Silver’s court at the league office.