Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers, fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday a day after throwing a seat cushion into the stands at Sacramento, says he apologized to a fan who was hit by it.
The NBA confirmed the cushion hit a woman in the second row at Sleep Train Arena.
She experienced discomfort in her eyes, according to a report by USA Today, which earlier reported the league's review of the incident.
"The pillow was light and it just flew into the air backwards.
I didn't really look when it went into the crowd," Rivers said at his locker before the Clippers won their Thursday home opener 104-88 against the Dallas Mavericks.
"I actually stood up for a second and I was like, 'I apologize.
I didn't mean to do that.'
