Talk about an intentional foul.
A young Charlotte Hornets fan thought he was receiving a Christmas wish when he was gifted a coveted PlayStation 5 in front of a raucous crowd during Monday night's game, but was crushed when the team took the video game console away from him backstage moments later.
Alexei Phillips told Queen City News, a local news station, that he took his 13-year-old nephew to see the Hornets play the Philadelphia 76ers. At the start of the game, a member of the Hornets staff approached them and asked if they wanted to be on the court with the team's mascot, Hugo, he said.