Former NBA star Stephon Marbury has denied hitting a fan after a testy playoff loss in a Chinese Basketball Association game.
The 35-year-old Marbury and his Beijing Ducks teammates were trapped in their team van after their 102-100 road loss on Sunday to the Shanxi Brave Dragons, Marbury's original team when he joined the league in 2010. Marbury, a New York City native, was the highest-profile NBA player to join China's professional basketball league and has said he enjoys playing there. He scored 52 and 53 points in Beijing's two wins in the series.
Chinese basketball fans are boisterous and frequently throw things on the court. In the summer of 2011, players on the visiting Georgetown University team were attacked by players from the professional Beijing Bayi team during an exhibition game. Fans threw water bottles at the Hoyas as they left the court.
Marbury played 13 seasons in the NBA with Minnesota, New Jersey, Phoenix, New York and Boston.
