Los Angeles Lakers' Carmelo Anthony calls fans' taunting in loss to Sixers 'unacceptable'

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During the Los Angeles Lakers' 105-87 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, some fans taunting him was unacceptable.

Anthony confronted a fan standing behind the row of courtside seats near the center court at Wells Fargo Center with 7 minutes, 1 second left in the fourth quarter. Anthony said the fan referred to him as a boy.

The game was paused for several minutes while security personnel advanced to the scene of the confrontation and refs guided Anthony away from the incident.

Anthony said that things were said. I am all for fans cheering for their team, booing the other team, and heckling. You are going to see that when you cross certain lines as a man. That is what you will get, as you saw there.

Anthony said that another fan seated courtside used offensive language while things were being sorted out.

The courtside fan tried to escalate the situation, but the center came to Anthony's defense.

I wanted to go home and finish the game because they were going back and forth, and I was just trying to calm the situation.

The Wells Fargo Center would be in charge of any further discipline after one fan was ejected. The email was not immediately returned.

Anthony said he would accept any further steps that are taken to resolve the incident, but added that it would be up to him.

Lakers coach Frank Vogel said that unacceptable language and unacceptable behavior by fans is the simplest way to describe it. Hopefully that has been handled the right way.

Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, who has had several unfortunate in-game run-ins caused by inappropriate fan behavior over the years, said that the fans Thursday night might have crossed the line.

While Philadelphia sports fans have a reputation, Anthony said that his past experiences with the city as a visiting player did not match the incident on Thursday.

You play through the heckles. He said that it was all fun and games. It has been a great place to play. I know how the fans are.

There are certain things you don't bring to a sporting event. There are certain things you don't say to people. It would be different if I bumped into you outside and you said things to me.