Several American women's basketball games were interrupted by the throwing of... sex toys from the stands.

A strange trend seems to be spreading across the WNBA courts. Since the end of July, several games in the North American basketball league—the women's counterpart to the NBA—have been interrupted due to sex toys being thrown onto the court. The scene occurred again on Tuesday, August 5, during the matchup between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Indiana Fever. This was the third time in eight days.

A neon green plastic rod, thrown from the seats behind the basket, landed on the floor just after a free throw by Sparks star Kelsey Plum. Plum kicked it away with an angry kick, as Crypto Arena security rushed into the stands to try to apprehend the troublemaker.

In its fall, the object narrowly missed Fever leader Sophie Cunningham. Three days earlier, in a message shared on social media, she had called for "stop throwing dildos on the court." "You're going to hurt one of us," she wrote. After the match, Kelsey Plum insisted on "not giving too much importance" to this incident, welcoming the fact that all the players in the game, including the referees, had chosen to "get back to the game."

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