Brandon Ingram breaks silence on infamous bottle throw incident

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Brandon Ingram made headlines recently with an unprofessional act.

During the third quarter of the Toronto Raptors’ 130-120 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, a visibly frustrated Ingram threw a water bottle to the ground as he was sitting on the bench. 

The bottle bounced off the floor, hitting a game attendant’s face and spilling water on the floor. Ingram remained seated and didn't do anything as several other attendants came to clean the sidelines.

Ingram's actions went viral and the NBA eventually imposed a $25,000 fine against him.

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Brandon Ingram addresses viral bottle incident

Before the Raptors' 119-109 win against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, Ingram finally addressed what happened this past weekend.

According to the Toronto star, he didn't mean to hit the attendant’s face as he was only disgruntled about his personal performance that evening.

“It was just the emotions of the game came out then,” Ingram told Danielle Michaud of Sportsnet. “Like, how I was playing offensively and defensively — just frustration. I wish I wouldn’t have had anybody else involved, you know, when I did that. 

“While I apologized a bunch of times to the kid that got hit in the face with the water bottle — it wasn’t my intention at all. But you know, I was just frustrated in the midst of the game.”

Ingram dropped 21 points on Saturday against the 76ers, but he had an inefficient game, going 7-for-17 (41.2 percent) from the field.

Raptors fans can only hope that Ingram learned his lesson and can control his emotions after the controversial incident that took place.

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