LeBron James was already hurting going into Game 4 of the 2015 NBA Finals last night. He's been battling a series of injuries, both big and small, for weeks now. But when he wakes up today, he's going to be in even more pain than usual because of a head injury that he suffered during last night's game.
Late in the second quarter, LeBron was fouled by Warriors center Andrew Bogut near the basket and went flying into the cameramen that are situated along the baseline. He hit his head on one of the cameraman's lenses, cut it open, and was bleeding for the remainder of the quarter. He later admitted that he had a headache, and after watching the play, it's not hard to see why:
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But did LeBron actually jump into the cameraman on purpose? After the game, Bogut revealed that he thinks he did. A lot of NBA fans got on Bogut for causing LeBron to suffer the injury:
But in Bogut's eyes, LeBron was the one who put himself into harm's way.
"I think he jumped into the cameraman," Bogut said. "I think he came down and took two steps and then fell into the cameraman. I definitely, definitely didn't hit him that hard."
Bogut was then asked, "That's how you saw it?" by a reporter, and he reiterated his belief.
"No, that's how it was," he said. "If you look at the replay, you can see the two steps being taken and then him falling into the camera. That's what we saw on the replay, and that's what my teammates saw."
Is that what you saw? LeBron did initially look like he was trying to sell the foul. But would he really put his body at risk just to get a call?
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[via USA TODAY Sports]
