Overview
- The incidents returned over two straight nights, beginning Thursday at the Atlanta Dream–Los Angeles Sparks game and continuing Friday at the Chicago Sky–Golden State Valkyries game, briefly stopping play in both contests.
- At the Dream–Sparks game a man in a No. 77 jersey was seen fleeing and was reported detained by arena security with multiple outlets saying he was arrested and given an indefinite ban from league-affiliated events.
- Play at the Sky game was interrupted when several sex toys were thrown onto the floor, and the Chicago Sky said they are reviewing camera footage to help identify those responsible.
- Players slammed the stunts as dangerous and disrespectful, with Chicago guard Natasha Cloud delivering a profane postgame denunciation that has itself drawn attention and criticism.
- The pattern echoes a string of similar incidents in 2025 that were linked to a meme-coin group and earlier arrests, and the league’s stated policy remains immediate ejection, at least a one-year ban and potential prosecution.