Los Angeles Lakers' Steve Blake and his wife get threatened on Twitter – NBA News Update
Steve Blake probably understands by now what it is like to play for a big basketball club which has millions of fans. After Blake scored 19 points in game 7 against the Denver Nuggets and played an important
role in seeing the Los Angeles Lakers through to the next round, he was praised as the hero of the series, receiving applause from the fans.
However, all of that changed a few nights later.
In the game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Steve Blake had the chance to seal the victory for the Lakers with a three point attempt in the final seconds. The play was made for Kobe but he was being rigorously
guarded by the Thunder defense so Metta World Peace inbounded the ball to a wide open Blake in the corner. Blake shot a three pointer but it bounced off the rim and the Lakers lost the game.
After the game, Blake and his wife received numerous tweets on their accounts abusing them and even threatening them with their lives.
“I hope your family gets murdered” was one of the tweets his wife Kristen re-tweeted with a single line “Wow”
"It's pretty disappointing that there are a lot of hateful people out there, but you move on. I just don't appreciate it when it's toward my family. You can come at me all you want but when you say things about
my wife and my kids, that makes me upset” said Blake regarding the incident after a practice session on Thursday
Blake said he first became aware of the situation after his wife checked his twitter account and came and told him about what was transpiring.
Blake is a back up for starting point guard Ramon Sessions. However, as Sessions has been having a poor run in the last three games, Blake has been playing more minutes.
The play that had him with the ball in the final seconds with an opportunity to seal the victory was initially meant for Kobe, and Kobe made it a point to say in the post game press conference that he was in
fact open for the shot.
However, after practice Thursday Kobe again spoke to reporters and said that World Peace made the right decision to pass the ball to the open Blake.
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