Raucous crowds come with every professional sporting event. When it comes to maintaining home court advantage, a rowdy fan base that gets into the heads of opposing players is invaluable.
But in some instances, fans take it too far.
That was the case on April 28, when the Oklahoma City Thunder took on the Utah Jazz in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. With a chance to send the series back to Oklahoma City for a Game 7, the Thunder were met by a relentless Utah crowd whose team had not won a playoff series on its home court since 2010.