LeBron James plows into crowd, wife of golfer Jason Day hurt
James was unable to slow himself in time from plowing into Day, who was sitting next to her husband enjoying the Cavs’ 104-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Turns out that woman is the wife of PGA champion golfer Jason Day.
ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst tweeted that Day escorted his wife from the stadium and that she was talking. Ellie took the brunt of the collision with James, who is 6-foot-8 and weighs 260 pounds.
On Nov. 11, Ellie Day gave birth to the couple’s second child, a girl named Lucy.
“I thought ‘Bron was fabulous, doing so many things on the floor, drawing as much contact has he does and still being able to make plays”, Blatt said.
James saved the ball from going out-of-bounds, but crashed head-first into Day, who remained on the side-line for a few minutes while receiving medical attention.
On the (potential) eve of Kyrie Irving’s return – and missing Mo Williams and Iman Shumpert as well – the Cavaliers reached back to May to find a familiar formula to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in Cleveland. Thunder coach Billy Donovan first saw Cavs F LeBron James play on the AAU circuit prior to James’ junior year of high school.
First, he pump faked Nick Collison in the air to draw contact and dropped a 3-pointer while being fouled.
“She squeezed my hand, said she was fine”, James said.
At one point in the second quarter, paced by 14 points from their silky-smooth forward Kevin Durant, the Thunder led the Cavs, 40-28.
The Hornets led by 12 at halftime and 16 in the third quarter before Toronto rallied in the final three minutes to force overtime.
Aside from Kanter and Dion Waiters, the Thunder can bring weapons like D.J. Augustin, Nick Collison, Anthony Morrow and Kyle Singler off the bench.
But Durant appears to be as good as or better than he was prior to the injuries that shut him down after just 27 games last season. Love finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists.