Valkyries’ win against Dream spoiled by fan who threw sex toy onto court: ‘It was super dangerous’

The Valkyries earned one of their best wins of the season on Tuesday when Cecilia Zandalasini hit a game-winning shot with three seconds left to hold off a furious Atlanta Dream comeback on the road The two teams went tit-for-tat in the fourth quarter and gave the fans at Atlanta s Gateway Center Arena one of the best games of the season However that was not the hot topic of discussion on social media following the conclusion of Tuesday s meeting With the two teams tied at the Valkyries had the ball with under a minute to go in the fourth quarter As Golden State tried to find a clean look at the basket a bright green sex toy was thrown onto the court The championship did not stop for a sparse seconds as the referees decided to play out the rest of the possession Moments later during a dead ball personnel in the arena stopped play and a police officer picked up the object The play took on a life of its own as clips of the matter went viral on social media after the encounter However Valkyries players and coach Natalie Nakase pointed to the development as a athlete safety issue First of all it was super dangerous Zandalasini disclosed after the championship When we determined out what it was I guess we started cackling I ve never seen anything like that The object was thrown in the direction of Veronica Burton as she had the ball and was coming off a screen The sex toy bounced near the free-throw line and ended up somewhere on the left sideline According to Meghan L Hall of USA The present day who was at Tuesday s meeting police took the object out in a plastic bag and covered it with a towel As of Tuesday evening there have been no reports of any fans being arrested or kicked out for the situation and Hall reported in a X post on the social media platform X formerly known as Twitter that she saw police examining but did not see anyone being escorted out Neither the Atlanta Dream nor the WNBA responded to requests for comment on the episode on Tuesday night The play did not have much bearing on the outcome but Valkyries players were visibly upset in the moment as the event came during a crucial time in the match One of our players almost got hit with it so yeah that s very dangerous Hayes stated after the championship Valkyries color commentator Morgan Ragan took exception with the officiating crew allowing play to continue even after the object was thrown onto the court As a participant you want to feel protected You don t know what s going on and then there s confusion on that final possession Ragan disclosed on the KPIX broadcast Related Articles Valkyries takeaways Cecilia Zandalasini hits go-ahead jumper to lift Golden State over Dream Valkyries takeaways What went wrong against cellar-dwelling Connecticut Sun How Archbishop Mitty Stanford alum Haley Jones is finding her WNBA groove Golden State Valkyries Takeaways from win over Paige Bueckers-led Wings Kaitlyn Chen faces superstar Paige Bueckers as UConn sisters reunite in Valkyries-Wings matchup Nakase echoed Ragan s sentiment as she concluded a timeout should have been called once the object was thrown onto the court I thought that would have been an automatic timeout Let s reset Let s make sure everyone s OK You don t want the object on the ground and then someone is dribbling past it Nakase announced