{"id":708562,"date":"2026-06-01T16:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708562\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:03:13","slug":"what-to-know-about-17-year-old-spurs-fan-on-life-support-after-dangerous-fall-during-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/708562\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about 17-year-old Spurs fan on life support after dangerous fall during celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks<\/a> fans have drawn most of the attention for their celebrations in these NBA playoffs, but San Antonio Spurs<\/a> fans took to the streets after their team won its final two Western Conference Finals games over the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the celebrations ended in tragic fashion for one young fan.<\/p>\n

Joey Rodriguez, 17, is on life support after falling during the celebration following Thursday’s Game 6 and suffering critical injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know about what happened to Rodriguez and the latest news on his condition.<\/p>\n

MORE: Preview, prediction for 2026 NBA Finals<\/a><\/p>\n

What happened to Spurs fan?<\/p>\n

Rodriguez fell out of a truck after it hit a curb during Thursday night’s postgame celebrations, News 4 SA reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old suffered a head injury and is dealing with “severe brain swelling” after his friends brought him to the hospital. Citing police, News 4 SA reported Rodriguez was “gone” for about eight minutes before being revived.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because his injuries were so severe, Rodriguez was transferred to University Hospital in San Antonio for further care after his friends took him to the nearest hospital.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred after Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, when the Spurs routed the Thunder in San Antonio to force a decisive Game 7. Spurs fans traditionally honk and wave flags in downtown San Antonio after the team’s big wins.<\/p>\n

Celebrations renewed Saturday night when the Spurs advanced to the NBA Finals, but Rodriguez’s severe injuries cast a cloud over an otherwise joyous weekend for the city.<\/p>\n

Joey Rodriguez updates<\/p>\n

Rodriguez’s family told Fox’s local San Antonio affiliate<\/a> that the 17-year-old is on life support and remains in critical condition after falling on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

“The doctors have been running tests to see if he has any further brain activity,” Rodriguez’s aunt said. “We don’t want doctors to give up on him yet since his heart is beating on its own.”<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was declared brain dead, according to KSAT<\/a>, which offers a grim outlook as his family hopes for a miracle.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Knicks fans have drawn most of the attention for their celebrations in these NBA playoffs, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-708562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}