Mickael Pietrus injured, taken off on stretcher
(screen shot captured by Chris Forsberg)Mickael Pietrus went crashing to the floor with 5:08 left in the second quarter of tonight’s Celtics-76ers matchup, and a stretcher was required to take him off the floor.
Pietrus moved his arms and legs before being taken off the court, but his teammates huddled around him looking forlorn. The scene was eerily similar to last February, when Marquis Daniels crumbled to the floor after a collision with Gilbert Arenas.
Despite not hitting his head against the floor after his fall, Pietrus immediately grabbed at the back of his head once his lower back hit the floor. It’s unclear yet exactly what happened, but Greg Dickerson said on CSNNE that it looked like Pietrus was spitting up blood.
Stay tuned for updates and keep Pietrus in your prayers.
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WTF.
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Spitting up blood? Lord have mercy. How can we bounce back from something like this? Just when he was about to hit his groove too. Pray for him, he’ll be okay!
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I’m sorry, but here again, I’m angry at the Philly player. I mean, I can see that he wasn’t TRYING to hurt Pietrus, but in what world do you power your arm right through someone’s head, outside of wrestling or UFC?
Praying for Pietrus. I don’t care about the game. It just hurts to see a guy who seems to be such a good guy hurt like that. Or anyone really, but I think we’ve all come to love Pietrus.
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thoughts and prays
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