James didn't play in the second half after bruising a bone near his left eye when he was accidentally struck in the face by Houston's Dikembe Mutombo late in the first half.
James was moving across the lane when he was leveled by Mutombo, whose elbows have dropped more than a few NBA players over the years. James immediately dropped to the floor, covered his eyes and kicked his feet in obvious pain while lying face down as play continued.
When Houston scored, the officials stopped the action and Cleveland's medical staff rushed out to help James, who had to be assisted off the court.
James, who turns 20 on Thursday, was coming off a 40-point performance in a win at Atlanta on Tuesday. He's averaging 25.2 points but had a careerl-low three ? all on free throws ? before getting hurt.
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Accidentally my :moon: .
Mutumbo needs to be fined a million and maybe
he will stop doing this. He was doing this when he was with the Hawks about 8 years ago.
KOD
James was moving across the lane when he was leveled by Mutombo, whose elbows have dropped more than a few NBA players over the years. James immediately dropped to the floor, covered his eyes and kicked his feet in obvious pain while lying face down as play continued.
When Houston scored, the officials stopped the action and Cleveland's medical staff rushed out to help James, who had to be assisted off the court.
James, who turns 20 on Thursday, was coming off a 40-point performance in a win at Atlanta on Tuesday. He's averaging 25.2 points but had a careerl-low three ? all on free throws ? before getting hurt.
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Accidentally my :moon: .
Mutumbo needs to be fined a million and maybe
he will stop doing this. He was doing this when he was with the Hawks about 8 years ago.
KOD
