OKC Thunder centre Bismack Biyombo collapsed on the bench in scary scenes during his team’s game against Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday (all times AEDT).
The worrying moment happened in the first half, with Biyombo unexpectedly falling to the ground while teammates were coming to the bench for a time-out.
Teammates and officials crowded around Biyombo before he was eventually able to leave the court without assistance.
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Thankfully, Biyombo was cleared of any serious medical issues by Portland physicians, according to Thunder sideline reporter Nick Gallo.
However OKC is reportedly taking a conservative approach with the big man and will hold him out for the rest of the game before it’ll evaluate him further tomorrow.
Biyombo signed with the Thunder last month for additional front-court depth to Mark Daigneault’s team.
It came in a game Josh Giddey shot an incredible 8-of-9 from the field for 19 points, adding six rebounds and seven assists as the Thunder coasted to a 128-120 win.
Fellow Aussie Dup Reath backed up his career-best outing earlier this week with 16 points and five rebounds, again starting at centre with DeAndre Ayton sidelined.
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ELSEWHERE …
Things got spicy in the final seconds of Chicago’s 119-117 win over Utah, with John Collins getting into a scuffle with a host of Bulls players — and even an assistant coach.
Collins got chirpy with Torrey Craig near the Bulls bench before the Jazz forward started shoving Chicago assistant Chris Fleming as emotions really got the better of both teams.
It led to a wild fracas with multiple players and officials involved in bizarre scenes with nine seconds left in the contest.
In other results, Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points with six rebounds and seven assists and Paul George and James Harden added 21 points each as the Clippers came from behind to defeat the Rockets 122-116.
LA endured a monster performance from Alperen Sengun, who racked up 23 points, 19 rebounds and 14 assists, leading all five Rockets starters in double-figure scoring.
In the later game, the Golden State Warriors destroyed the Milwaukee Bucks 125-90 behind 29 points from Stephen Curry.
The Warriors, who were crushed by the Celtics 140-88 in their last game, bounced back in a big way, shot an ultra efficient 55 per cent from the field including 48 per cent from three-point range.
ALL RESULTS …
MAGIC 119 WIZARDS 109
CAVALIERS 101 HAWKS 112
GRIZZLIES 115 76ERS 109
CLIPPERS 122 ROCKETS 116
BULLS 119 JAZZ 117
BUCKS 90 WARRIORS 125
THUNDER 128 TRAIL BLAZERS 120
KINGS – LAKERS