Two NBA fans did their part to boost the league’s declining ratings. 

During the New York Knicks’ blowout win over the Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday night, two women were tackled to the ground by security after they ran onto the court. 

The bizarre incident happened with just under three minutes remaining in the second quarter and was captured by the TNT broadcast. 

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Video shows the women running down from the stands. 

One is captured before barely stepping foot on the court, while the other made it to the middle of the court before being taken down. The latter was carried off the court by several security guards. 

One image shared on social media showed Karl-Anthony Towns, who dropped 32 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in his return to Minnesota, staring one of the women down as he stood over her. 

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It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the women to storm the court, but the incident happened as the league deals with declining viewer ratings.

Ratings for NBA games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV were down 25% through Saturday, according to Sports Media Watch. 

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla even recently admitted he would "rather watch something else" when asked about the ratings decline.

Mazzulla played his part in Thursday night’s entertainment when, in Chicago, he launched into an angry tirade directed at referees. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Phoenix Suns great Dick Van Arsdale, who was the first player picked in the franchise’s expansion draft to build the team, has died, the team announced on Monday. He was 81.

Van Arsdale, who was a second-round pick of the New York Knicks in 1965, played three seasons with the team before he went to Phoenix. He played for the Suns from 1968 to 1977.

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"The first selection in the expansion draft to build the Suns roster and the scorer of the first points in team history, Van Arsdale was a cornerstone of the Suns organization," the team said in a news release. "He earned three All-Star selections, was a member of the team’s first trip to the NBA Finals in 1976 and retired as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer in 1977. 

"Beloved throughout the Suns organization and fanbase, Van Arsdale held several positions with the team, including broadcaster and front office executive, following his 12-year NBA career."

 A team spokesman told The Associated Press that the franchise had received the news from his family. A cause of death was not immediately released.

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 "Our thoughts are with his friends and family, including his twin brother and Suns teammate, Tom, during this difficult time."

Van Arsdale played in 921 games and averaged 16.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in his career.

"We mourn the loss of Knicks alum, Dick Van Arsdale. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the Van Arsdale family," the Knicks added in a post on X.

The "Original Sun" coached the Suns for 26 games in the 1986-87 season and was a radio commentator with Al McCoy.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone had no time to mince words about his team’s performance against the New York Knicks on Monday night.

The Nuggets gave up 145 points to the Knicks in the loss. OG Anunoby dropped 40 points, while Karl-Anthony Towns added 30 points and 15 rebounds. New York also dished out 45 assists and held Denver to 118 points.

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Malone questioned his team’s effort after the game, saying they will not be "flushing" it and moving on.

"F--- that man, no. No, we're not flushing," he said, via ESPN. "You don't flush when you get embarrassed, you don't flush when you gave up 145 points, you don't flush when you didn't play hard, didn't play with effort, physicality, I'm not flushing anything."

Malone said he wanted more of his players to be vocal when it comes to being leaders. He called out Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray specifically.

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"We're 16 games in, and we're talking about effort, we're talking about toughness, we're talking about physicality. ... And regardless of who's in, who's out, who do we want to be as a team? So, yeah, leadership would be great, toughness would be great, physicality would be great, playing like you actually care would be great, and we didn't do that tonight," Malone added.

Jokic agreed with Malone and said the team needed a wake-up call. Murray also questioned the focus of the team after they played the Los Angeles Lakers.

"It's a long season. Guys have lives outside of basketball," Murray said. "We just beat L.A. in L.A. We've got some guys who live in L.A., so stayed in L.A. I don't think the focus was there from everybody, and that's what happens when you don't have the focus."

Murray later clarified his remarks on X.

"We all stayed in LA BTW! and had a great win. Not excluding myself guys we didn’t play together tonight," he wrote.

Denver is 9-7 on the season.

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