CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) – The Cavaliers have apologized for a video parody that showed a man throwing a woman across a room for wearing a Chicago Bulls T-shirt.
During a timeout in Cleveland’s win on Wednesday night, the team showed a video on its scoreboard spoofing a popular TV commercial in which a couple fall while attempting the famous lift from “Dirty Dancing.” In the Cavs’ in-arena promotion, the male Cleveland fan lifts his partner then tosses her over a sofa, saying: “Bulls fan? I didn’t know you were a Bulls fan.”
An announcer then says: “When it’s playoff basketball time, you have to be all in. Don’t make the same mistake she made.”
Later, the woman is shown holding an ice pack on her head and saying: “Well, I’m all-in now,” a nod to Cleveland’s playoff motto.