Duke star forward Kyle Filipowski needed to be helped off the court with a knee injury on Saturday after he collided with some Wake Forest fans storming the court, and he said after the game that the sequence felt personal.
“I absolutely feel like it was personal,” Filipowski said of the incident after the game in a video posted by WFMY News 2’s Brian Hall. “Intentional, for sure.”
Fans across the nation tried to analyze the video, which appeared to show a fan colliding with Filipowski’s knee and the Duke player extending his arms out toward the fan, to decide how everything went down. The Duke 7-footer had his thoughts on the matter.
“There’s no reason where they see a big guy like me trying to work my way off the court and they can’t just work around me, you know?” he added.
"I absolutely feel like it was personal, intentional for sure."
Kyle Filipowski on getting injured during Wake Forest court storm.
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Filipowski also shared his thoughts on court-storming after the game, posting the phrase “This gotta change…” on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
This gotta change…
— Kyle “Flip” Filipowski (@kylefilipowski) February 24, 2024
Filipowski said after the game that his knee was injured during the sequence.