Tony Dejak, AP
San Antonio Spurs' Patty Mills, center, from Australia, drives between Cleveland Cavaliers' Jeff Green, left, and Kyle Korver in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
News that the Cleveland Cavaliers have banned a fan they say directed racially insensitive remarks at San Antonio’s Patty Mills reminded me of an occurrence in Salt Lake.
In the 2007 NBA playoffs, the Jazz were playing the Golden State Warriors. The Jazz won the series 4-1. After one game at EnergySolutions Arena, the Warriors’ Stephen Jackson claimed he was racially taunted by Jazz fans.