NBA fans mock LaMelo Ball for knocking the head off a clown after getting startled by Halloween prop

Charlotte Hornets' 23-year-old prima constituent defender LaMelo Ball was startled truthful severely by a mechanical Halloween clown, helium knocked its caput cleanable off. 

Footage released of Ball's absorption has gone viral connected societal media, arsenic the NBA star has been the taxable of jokes for his debased fearfulness tolerance. 

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Ball is seen singing arsenic helium walks done a doorway pursuing Thursday’s signifier astatine the Spectrum Center erstwhile a hidden mechanical clown begins to determination its arms, causing Ball to leap and scream.

He responded by slapping the clown crossed the head.

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Charlotte Hornets defender LaMelo Ball reacts aft being shaken up connected a play during the 2nd fractional of the team's NBA hoops crippled against the Indiana Pacers successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)

As helium starts to locomotion up the stairs, Ball doubles backmost and slaps the clown again, knocking its caput wholly disconnected its body.

Ball past starts laughing arsenic helium climbs the stairs, saying, "Boy, hellhole no, it’s excessively aboriginal for that." Ball and a squad worker walking down him proceed laughing, and the constituent defender yet jokingly falls to the crushed connected the stairs holding his chest, saying "feel my heart!"

Fans mocked the young Hornets prima connected societal media. 

One idiosyncratic utilized the clip to not lone marque amusive of Ball, but his eccentric begetter LaVar Ball, who became synonymous with intervening successful the NBA careers of his 3 sons, LaMelo, Lonzo and LiAngelo, with headline-making statements and the sports marque "Big Baller Brand."

"You'd deliberation increasing up with LaVar, they'd beryllium immune to clowns," a idiosyncratic named Jess Haynie wrote successful a response connected X.

One idiosyncratic utilized the video to notation Ball's extended wounded history. 

"Be careful. You mightiness injure him with this prank," a idiosyncratic named JBond wrote successful an X post.

Another idiosyncratic named mocked LaMelo's punch. 

"By the mode helium swung you tin archer helium can’t combat for s---," a idiosyncratic named Clemson Addict wrote successful different X post. 

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LaMelo Ball, #1 of the Charlotte Hornets, dribbles the shot up tribunal during the archetypal 4th of the crippled against the Washington Wizards astatine Spectrum Center connected Oct. 10, 2022 successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Ball is averaging 28.5 points, six rebounds and 7 assists for the Hornets connected 43.9% shooting. In Charlotte's 138-133 triumph connected Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors, helium finished with 19 points and six assists.

The Hornets play the Boston Celtics connected Friday night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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