Stop me if you have heard this one before. The Timberwolves and Clippers had a delay in their game because a fan tried to glue themselves to the court.
Every so often, something will happen in an NBA game that will make me want to text everyone I know who doesn’t watch basketball. This was one of those examples. During a high-intensity postseason game that determined the playoff seeding, it’s this moment I keep thinking about.
Let’s be honest with ourselves here. If you hear that someone tried to glue themselves to the court during the middle of game action, I challenge you to tell me a more interesting thing you heard today.
A fan was escorted off after attempting to glue themselves to the floor during the Clippers-Timberwolves Play-in Game pic.twitter.com/RreK0kjPSG
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2022
It was nearing the end of the second quarter when TNT’s broadcasters fairly assumed that an arena worker had fallen down, or potentially even fainted.
But that tone quickly changed when the announcers noticed that fans were booing. Typically, an employee who faints doesn’t get booed. That is usually reserved for streakers or other unwanted guests who rush the court.
Then, it wasn’t long before the broadcasting team got word that the fan was on the court demonstrating a protest. Allie La Force provided the details, breaking the news that the fan glued herself to the floor and then refused to move her wrist.
A woman attempted to glue her hand to the court during the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Clippers play in game at Target Center. #Twolves pic.twitter.com/50QC1GtxVe
— Carlos Gonzalez (@CarlosGphoto) April 13, 2022
The fan wore a shirt that read, “Glen Taylor Roasts Animals Alive.”
Taylor, a Minnesota businessman who is the primary owner of the Timberwolves, also owns an egg farm. As noted by La Force, Taylor’s farm recently threatened to kill chickens due to a bird flu outbreak.
DxE investigator Alicia Santurio is the protestor who disrupted the Timberwolves game, supergluing herself to the court after today’s investigation exposed team owner Glen Taylor’s factory farm brutally killing 5 million birds via “ventilation shutdown” https://t.co/4XQWB195mK pic.twitter.com/aR27AS7NJe
— Direct Action Everywhere (@DxEverywhere) April 13, 2022
According to a press release from San Francisco activist group Direct Action Everywhere, known for disruptive protests and non-violent direct action, the protestor was a woman from California named Alicia Santurio.
Santurio, who identifies as the “glue girl” on her Twitter, explained more about her decision to glue herself to the court. You can watch that interview here.
Or if you want to just see the results of the protest, you can see that below:
thinking elmers glue would adhere your hand to painted wood in mere seconds is galaxy brain pic.twitter.com/rL3Ykc3bju
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 13, 2022
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