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CLEVELAND (AP)
LeBron James crashed into the crowd and injured the wife of golf star
Jason Day during the
Cleveland Cavaliers' 104-100 win over the
Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night.
Ellie Day was taken from the arena on a backboard. There was no immediate report on her condition.
The 6-foot-8, 240-pound
James was scrambling for a loose ball in the fourth quarter when he plowed into her as she sat in a courtside side.
Day is the No. 2-ranked golfer in the world. He won the
PGA Championship this year for his first major win on the
PGA Tour. On Nov. 11, Ellie gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl named
Lucy.
James scored 33 points and added 11 assists and nine rebounds.
Tristan Thompson had 15 rebounds for the
Cavs, who improved to 11-1 at home.
Russell Westbrook scored 27 and
Kevin Durant 25 for the
Thunder, who had won six in a row.
Oklahoma City was down 98-89 with three minutes left and closed within 103-100, but both Durant and
Westbrook missed
3-pointers in the final 10 seconds.
The frantic final three minutes were overshadowed by James' collision with Day, who was unable get out of the way when he came tumbling into her chair. James came over to check on her condition during a stoppage in play, reaching out his hand to touch hers as medical personnel attended to her near
Cleveland's bench.
Day, who lives in
Columbus, accompanied his wife as she was carried from the floor.
The Cavaliers were missing guards
Mo Williams (thumb),
Iman Shumpert (groin) and
Kyrie Irving, who could make his season debut Sunday against
Philadelphia.
Thompson added 12 points and his energy kept the Cavs close in the third quarter.
Richard Jefferson added 13 points off the bench for Cleveland, now 31-2 in regular season games at home since Jan. 15.
With the Cavs down 78-74 to start the fourth,
Kevin Love made two critical plays to swing the momentum for Cleveland.
First, he pump faked
Nick Collison in the air to draw contact and dropped a
3-pointer while being fouled. After knocking down his free throw,
Love grabbed a rebound on the defensive end and heaved a look outlet pass to a waiting James, who was bumped before dropping in his layup to put the Cavs up 80-78.
As James went to the line, Love walked over following his deep completion and slapped hands with
Browns quarterback
Johnny Manziel, who was sitting courtside.
Thompson was Cleveland's best offensive weapon in the third, grabbing boards and scoring inside - once off a behind-the-back pass from James - to help the Cavs chip away at Oklahoma City's 10-point lead.
Durant scored
14 points in the first quarter, but it was Westbrook's basket that ended an 8-0 run to put the Thunder up by 12 early in the second quarter.
The Cavs, though, responded by ripping off 14 straight points in a three-minute stretch.
Westbrook seemed to ignore
Dellavedova, who knocked down two 3-pointers as Cleveland went on an 18-0 run to take a 46-40 lead.
Ibaka's free throw ended Oklahoma City's 5-minute
dry spell and the Thunder closed the half with a 7-0 spurt to lead at the break.
- published: 18 Dec 2015
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