DeMarcus Cousins in wild physical altercation with drink-throwing fans in Puerto Rico
Four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins had a physical altercation with fans that resulted in him being doused in beer while playing in Puerto Rico on Monday.
Cousins plays for Mets de Guaynabo in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional, and things seemingly took a turn for the worse Monday during a road game against Vaqueros de Bayamon at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez when a fan appeared to do a crying gesture toward Cousins.
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The former Kings star, who played 11 seasons in the NBA, walked toward the fan and grabbed his private parts, which led to the fan seemingly flipping him the double bird.
Cousins then grabbed the fan's arm, leading to one of his teammates coming over to him and a fan in a pink shirt standing up and pointing toward the big man.
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The ex-Kentucky standout shrugged his arms toward the fan in pink, even drawing his arm back in a striking pose, before the first fan got back up and seemed to flip Cousins off again.
Cousins ultimately earned the boot and flexed on his way toward the locker rooms when one fan reached over the railing to flip him off in the walkaway toward the bowels of the arena.
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The 34-year-old reached up and made contact with this fan before flipping off the fans in that area.
Said fan then threw his clear drink at Cousins, which set off a chain of other fans throwing their drinks toward Cousins.
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Police officers held Cousins back and actually tackled him to the ground, but he stood up and faced another wave of drinks and objects being thrown his way.
Cousins eventually got helped to the back.
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Mets de Guaynabo fell, 101-92, to a Vaqueros de Bayamon team that features ex-NBA players like JaVale McGee, Theo Pinson and Danilo Gallinari.
Cousins tallied 11 points and seven rebounds.
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