The Golden State Warriors do not need more cowbell.
In fact, they don’t want any cowbells in Chase Center for Game 3 against the Sacramento Kings Thursday night.
As the Kings rolled to a 2-0 NBA Playoffs lead in Sacramento, enthusiastic fans banged their trademark cowbells. One fan surfaced on Twitter shaking his cowbell directly behind Warriors GM Bob Myers. The fan shook the cowbell with all the enthusiasm of Will Ferrell in the legendary “More Cowbell” skit on “Saturday Night Live.” (Never seen it? Google it— you won’t be disappointed.)
All night long, this supporter rang the cowbell behind Warriors General Manager and President of Basketball Operations Bob Myers.
(Source: @kasha12) pic.twitter.com/UV3L6PiTPl
— Hoops on 𝕏 (@Digits3Hoops) April 18, 2023
The Kings tweeted the bad news to their fans Thursday.
“Cowbells will not be permitted at Chase Center. Any fan carrying a cowbell will be directed to the outdoor bag check location, where they can check their cowbell and retrieve at the conclusion of the game,” the Kings tweeted.
🚨 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫:
Cowbells will not be permitted at Chase Center. Any fan carrying a cowbell will be directed to the outdoor bag check location, where they can check their cowbell and retrieve at the conclusion of the game.
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) April 19, 2023
Kings fans have been banging cowbells for many years, and the practice became a special tradition about 20 years ago after former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson referred to Sacramento as a “cowtown.”
As you can imagine, Twitter had a blast with the cowbell ban, with memes celebrating that “SNL” skit. One fan even posted a work-around for fans, showing how they can download cowbell sounds to their smartphones. (There really is an app for that.)
— Fanatics (@Fanatics) April 19, 2023
— Aaron Durand (@everydaydude) April 19, 2023
You know what to dohttps://t.co/JCtFIhHeJU
— Daily Sabonis (@DailySabonis) April 19, 2023
Ok, then we'll bring these. They are snowflake approved… pic.twitter.com/q5hZC2rs5t
— Brian Johnston (@bkjrecruiter) April 19, 2023
Things not allowed at Chase Center for Game 3:
Cowbells 🤝 Draymond
— Dave (@wibogeyman) April 19, 2023
[Sacramento Kings] Photo Credit: Digits Hoops
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