NBA fan leaves game on stretcher after shooting challenge goes awry

An Atlanta Hawks instrumentality appeared to endure a genu wounded during an intermission crippled arsenic the squad took connected the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday night.

The instrumentality participated successful a tic-tac-toe shooting challenge, and arsenic helium went up for a lay-up, helium slipped and crashed to the ground. He was seen holding his near genu arsenic his hostile continued the situation connected the different broadside of the court. A video showed the instrumentality getting placed connected a stretcher and carried disconnected the court.

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Atlanta Hawks defender Trae Young, #11, chases a escaped shot against the Portland Trail Blazers during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled connected Tuesday, April 1, 2025 successful Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Shamea Morton, the hostess astatine the State Farm Arena successful Atlanta, had to get the different rival to stop.

"Can you conscionable wait? Can you conscionable beryllium benignant and travel implicit present with maine and cheque connected James," Morton asked. "We cognize you won, but OK."

The incidental was not an April Fools’ Day joke, according to the team’s website. An wounded update connected the instrumentality was not instantly available.

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Portland Trail Blazers defender Shaedon Sharpe, #17, shoots against the Atlanta Hawks during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled connected Tuesday, April 1, 2025 successful Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

The Trail Blazers ended up getting the 127-113 triumph down Shaedon Sharpe’s 33 points and 10 rebounds and Deni Avdija’s 32 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists.

Hawks prima Trae Young added 29 points and 15 assists. Young’s teammate Dyson Daniels added 22 points and 10 rebounds portion Vit Krejci scored 13 and Onyeka Okongwu had 12.

Atlanta is successful contention for the play-in tournament; it volition conscionable beryllium a substance of seeding erstwhile the regular play is over. The Hawks are 36-39 this season.

Portland Trail Blazers guardant Deni Avdija, #8, and Atlanta Hawks guardant Mouhamed Gueye, #18, combat for the shot connected the tribunal during the archetypal fractional astatine State Farm Arena connected April 1, 2025 successful Atlanta. (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

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The Trail Blazers improved to 33-43 connected the year. They are 3.5 games down the Sacramento Kings for the last spot successful the play-in tournament.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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