Police are investigating after a ball boy

for the Oklahoma City Thunder tweeted death threats to Houston Rockets guard Patrick Beverley. Thunder all-star Russell Westbrook was hurt when Beverley tried for a steal in the second quarter of Game 2 and ran into his knee. Westbrook had knee surgery Saturday and is out for the season. The tweets were deleted as of Saturday night, but the Houston

Chronicle says a tweet from the handle @MitchellBrwn: “Patrick Beverly [sic], I’m coming to kill you.” He later sent another one with Beverley’s Twitter name, saying: “@pavbev21 I’m coming to kill you.” He later apologized in one tweet and then said he was hacked in another post.