In case you didn't see the NBA recreation among the Cleveland Cavaliers (it truly is LeBron James's group) and the Oklahoma City Thunder, there has been an coincidence on the sidelines in the final 4 mins. LeBron James became going for a loose ball and fell into the crowd. He landed on more than one women and their chairs collapsed; one of the girls changed into stuck under him.
When they showed the replay of the twist of fate, you could see Jason Day sitting next to her. The injured lady became Jason's wife Ellie. The paramedics added in a stretcher, strapped her in and secured her head, but she turned into seemingly alert and talking. That's an amazing signal.
The TV people did not realise who she became till the cameras stuck Jason leaving proper at the back of the paramedics and stretcher.
It's commonplace for added folding chairs to be installation courtside. Those are where the VIPS get to sit down. Of direction, if you take one of those seats, you are RIGHT THERE as close to the motion as you could get. Accidents do occur sometimes, however commonly they're relatively innocent affairs -- you already know, such things as fans getting protected in beer and nachos.
In this case, Ellie and Jason were too close. LeBron is 6'8" and around 260 lbs, and this game was really tight. (The Cavs won, 104-100.) Players are going to go after loose balls when the game is that close... and when they do, they often end up in the bleachers. OFTEN. And a lot of those players are as big as LeBron. I don't care who you are, that's gonna hurt.
And at the same time as you do not see it in the video above, LeBron came lower back after the play and spent some time looking for out how she became. Players commonly do come lower back and take a look at on their enthusiasts after the play is over. (I've seen LeBron do that commonly.) But once more, this form of collision occurs frequently all through games and LeBron did not recognize how bad this one changed into at the beginning.
At the time I'm writing this, I don't have any further reports on her condition beyond her being taken to a local hospital for treatment. I got that from ESPN's Cavs reporter Brian Windhorst ( @ WindhorstESPN ) and from this post at cleveland.com. According to that post, not only are the Days and the Cavs players good friends but Jason had been helping the Cavs with a promotion during a timeout. It also says that LeBron was "noticeably shaken" by what happened to Ellie, which is to be expected.
According to Windhorst, Jason and Ellie have a domestic in Columbus and frequently attend Cav video games. But I'm guessing they'll don't forget sitting a piece further from the courtroom as soon as Ellie's healthful enough to attend another recreation.
LATE UPDATE: Scott Van Pelt on ESPN's midnight show said that, although there weren't many details, he could report that Ellie is apparently going to be okay but they were going to keep her at the hospital overnight for observation. Good news!
MORNING UPDATE: LeBron told reporters that, after Ellie was on the stretcher, she squeezed his hand and told him she was alright. And the word is that she was released this morning and that she is indeed alright.
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