SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Several viral videos circulating on social media show Spurs fans being attacked following the team\u2019s win in New York Monday night, but a local couple says the aggression was already in the air a day earlier.<\/p>\n
Chris and Susan said they experienced the aggression while attending the Yankees-Red Sox game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were verbally harassed by a group of men who were, I guess, Knicks fans, and they looked at us, and they were speaking in Spanish in a mocking tone,\u201d Susan said. \u201cThey started circling us and saying, Knicks in 4, Knicks in 4.\u201d<\/p>\n
Besides being caught off guard by the incident itself, she said what surprised her was that she and her husband were not wearing anything that referenced the Spurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were actually wearing Yankees gear,\u201d Knicks said.<\/p>\n
Susan, a native San Antonian who lived in New York for 14 years, was in the Big Apple with her husband, who was visiting for the first time.<\/p>\n
The couple said they were warned before leaving not to wear Spurs gear, but they packed their Victor Wembanyama jerseys anyway, thinking they would have an opportunity to sport them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first time I heard it, I thought, of course I\u2019m going to wear my jersey, Susan said. \u201cThis is a big deal and so what? I\u2019m just as crazy. New York made me that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Monday, she and her husband said they had not seen anyone repping the Silver and Black despite looking.<\/p>\n
That night, they said they planned to attend a watch party in Bryant Park, but when they got to the entrance, the park was already at capacity. That turned out to be a good thing since Susan said the vibe in the air was off.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just saw that there was like this dangerous element of, you know, a group of younger people that were looking for trouble, and you could just tell that it was not going to end well for some people,\u201d Susan said. \u201cWe knew not wearing our jerseys was a wise choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple said they decided to try going to a bar to watch the game, but everywhere was packed, so they eventually went back to their hotel.<\/p>\n
On the way back, the couple said they were pleasantly surprised to see a Spurs fan wearing a Tim Duncan jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was wearing my Meta glasses, which can capture video and cameras,\u201d Susan said. \u201dI took a quick picture of him just cause I was proud of him.\u201d <\/p>\n
Her husband was also glad to see another Spurs fan but said the fan was walking toward Bryant Park and was worried.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018oh my gosh, there comes this guy wearing this jersey,\u2019\u201d Chris said. \u201dHe zoomed past us, and he was heading toward Bryant Park, and I was like, I kind of felt sorry for him because he was headed into a hornet\u2019s nest.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day, they said they saw the same man in the Duncan jersey in a video making the rounds on social media.<\/p>\n
The man was being attacked.<\/p>\n