PSA: If you’re sitting court side at the Sixers game, put your phone down because this fan just learned why the hard way

Here’s a thought. If you’re sitting courtside at a Sixers game, maybe watch the actual game. Wild concept, I know, but if you don’t, the basketball itself will personally deliver the lesson directly to your face.

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That’s exactly what happened last night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. This lady was posted up in one of the best seats in the building, head buried in her phone, scrolling away on her phone, only to get drilled in the face by the basketball.

VJ Edgecombe was putting together a 19-point, 11-rebound playoff debut. Tyrese Maxey was dropping 31 on Orlando. Kelly Oubre Jr. was trying to start fights with the entire Magic roster. Then the basketball, in its infinite wisdom, decided enough was enough and clocked her right in the head.

Lady gets drilled by basketball during Magic-Sixers game

HEAD ON A SWIVEL 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/TxKPb2qiHw

— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) April 16, 2026

This is exactly why the courtside rules exist. Watch. The. Game.

Keep your head on a swivel. Stay alert at all times. The basketball gods are always watching and they have zero patience for first-row scrollers. She typed what to her cousin on Facebook? The basketball doesn’t care. She was checking what text from her nephew? The basketball doesn’t care. The basketball had a job to do and it did it.

I hope she’s okay. I really do. She seemed to laugh it off afterwards, so that was encouraging. Still, getting drilled in the head by an NBA-speed basketball is no joke but sometimes the universe has to give you a little love tap on the noggin to remind you where you are.

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Courtside seats are not a casual hang. They come with responsibilities. Chief among them is remembering you are, in fact, at a basketball game. Not a dentist’s waiting room. Not scrolling in line at the DMV. A playoff-adjacent NBA game with live action happening six feet from your face. Worth a glance, at minimum.

Is that Tom Kline sitting next to her? Sure looks like Tommy Kline, who never met an ambulance he wouldn’t chase. He’s been behind home plate at Phillies games for what feels like forever.

Honestly, now I’m thinking that Tommy Kline should have warned her but a woman with court side seats that just got drilled in the face by a basketball is exactly the type of action Tommy wants.

Tommy!!!

Either way, look alive out there. Put the phone down. Watch the Sixers. The basketball will find you if you don’t.

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