On March 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, with the Raptors playing at home against the Pacers. This game is still very important for the Raptors, as long as the win will rise to the sixth place in the East, which is a big difference from the seventh. The sixth directly advances to the playoffs, and the seventh has to play the playoffs, which may not make the playoffs. However, in this game, there was an emergency, and the speakers in the stadium suddenly caught fire.
Originally, the Raptors were soaring, the second quarter was not finished, and they had already taken a 66-38 lead, and the victory and defeat were basically no suspense. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Raptors home field had a sudden situation, and one of the speakers on the scene was on fire. Such a situation was still rare, the game was forced to pause, and the players hugged each other on the field before returning to the dressing room to wait for further news.
Soon the firefighters came to the stadium to deal with the problem. I have to say that this problem is still a bit tricky, after all, the speaker is above the stadium, and the firefighters need to climb up on the spot, which also delays some time, fortunately, the fire is not big. However, for safety reasons, the fans on the scene were also evacuated urgently, and the fans were also leaving the scene in an orderly manner.
Soon, the fire will be dealt with and the game will resume, but the fans will not arrange to enter the stadium again. This also means that the next game will be played empty, and in order to make up for some time, the intermission time will be shortened to 7.5 minutes, and the second half will be held very quickly.
Such scenes are still rare, and the evacuation of fans is also for safety reasons to prevent other situations. As for the fans' tickets, they are not wasted and can be fully refunded within 30 days.