Lakers guard Danny Green said Sunday that he and has fiancée have both received death threats on social media after Green missed a shot late in Friday's Game 5 loss to the Miami Heat.
"It's a basketball game. People are emotional. Fans are emotional. I hope that they don't take it that seriously," Green said Sunday. "I hope they're that passionate about voting, or injustice for these people who deserve justice—we'll get some better change in the country.
"It's a basketball game at the end of the day. I know that they're just taking out their emotions and they need somebody to blame.