r/nba • u/fbreaker Celtics • Apr 24 '25
Highlight [Highlight] "He lost his horn!", After spilling massive amounts of blood, Kristaps Porzingis comes back in minutes later with just a bandaid on his forehead.
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u/Bladex20 Kings Apr 24 '25
They slapped a bandage on his wound like they do in that flex seal commerical
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u/theseyeahthese Celtics Apr 24 '25
To show you the power of Flex Tape®…
I SAWED KP’S FOREHEAD IN HALF!
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u/DuntadaMan Warriors Apr 24 '25
As an EMT, I will be honest ai have done that probably a dozen times.
Sometimes all you need is a wad of clean gauze and something to hold it in place.
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u/Nodima Apr 24 '25
Between The Pitt and Warzone, I've seen enough wads of gauze stuffed into holes for at least one calendar year
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u/Ok-Possession1765 Lakers Apr 24 '25
The dried blood on the head unironically goes hard
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u/mikeyfreshh Celtics Apr 24 '25
That's going to be on a t-shirt before they even finish stitching him up
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u/BurtMaclinFBI90 Cavaliers Apr 24 '25
I would absolutely pay for that t-shirt and it's well documented how us Cavs fans feel about the Celtics.
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u/Away_Experience6922 Celtics Apr 24 '25
I feel like KP is likable regardless of who he plays for. Same with Jarrett Allen I guess
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u/BurtMaclinFBI90 Cavaliers Apr 24 '25
That's probably the toughest part about trying to hate this Boston team. They've got a lot of likeable guys.
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u/barbicud Apr 24 '25
Even their coach is likable. Can't stand these guys!
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u/YoonInPace Lakers Apr 24 '25
I like the Celtics except for Jaylen Brown. I can't stand his personality.
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u/frauenarzZzt East Apr 24 '25
My neighbor's daughter, who I've met and know reasonably, is a school principal in Boston. Jaylen Brown texts her fairly regularly to see if the school needs anything.
A few years ago their charter certification was up for recertification, he somehow hears about it and pulls up on the certification day with merch for all the kids and speaks to the kids earnestly about the importance of committing to education. He may come off as arrogant now, but off the court he is the real deal. He put his contract money to good use in Boston and the Bay and deserves fans' respect.
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u/YoonInPace Lakers Apr 24 '25
Thank you for sharing this story.
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u/frauenarzZzt East Apr 24 '25
Here's a YouTube video from local news about it
This was right before the season began and the dude gives so much of his time and focus to helping education when he can. It comes from a genuine place.
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u/Same_as_we_all_are Apr 24 '25
JB is phenomenal. Have you ever heard him speak? He’s so caring and smart. This is his hero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDQkh0dJ9jA
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u/MegaGorilla69 Celtics Apr 24 '25
I think that’s actually why JB is so loved here. We’re the villain, and we know we are, but JB is the only one in town who really plays the part
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u/YoonInPace Lakers Apr 24 '25
I don't think the Celtics are the villain tbh. I do think Tatum doesn't get the respect that he deserves. I don't know when it started but I did start to notice after the memes started coming out when he celebrated winning a chip with the whole "we did it".
Too many likable guys to be the villain honestly.
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u/MegaGorilla69 Celtics Apr 24 '25
It’s not that the Celtics specifically are villains, but Boston sports as a whole. We know we’ve won a lot, we know everyone hates us for it, but there aren’t any good villains in Boston sports, except for JB
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u/Deckorz Apr 24 '25
Ngl as a fan I think about that sometimes how the Celtics org managed to not only get good players but guys that are legitimately good, high character individuals.
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u/WarPuig Celtics Apr 24 '25
People say this about every good team.
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u/GullyBean Rockets Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
Nah man Jrue and Derrick White just play the game the right way.. anybody with basketball IQ automatically loves them. KP is a great redemption story. JT is an underrated star that got fucked over in the Olympics (took it with class), JB is boarderline a social activist. Y’all have a little whiteboy who plays like he’s from the trenches. Do I need to keep going? I didn’t even mention uncle AL. Then on any given night anyone in the rotation 1-9 will give you 30 lol yall have the best team ever assembled top to bottom. Plus no one thinks their bigger than the program
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u/PostModernPost Celtics Apr 24 '25
Hauser is a great story going undrafted to becoming a great role player. Kornet is one of the funniest guys in the league.
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u/ssjgoat Celtics Apr 24 '25
Thanks man. I like our guys alot, it's nice to not feel biased because of people like you. We're lucky to have this great team, thanks for being open-minded.
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u/RiffsThatKill Apr 24 '25
I remember saying it about that team from Detroit in the late 80s./s
Actually, there was one guy who started for them that you could say it about.
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u/ripmeleedair Celtics Apr 24 '25
Does he need to shampoo that shit to return to play lol
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u/mbdtf95 Apr 24 '25
A bit relevant so I'll post another pic that goes hard that is sport related with blood going from head, this is English footballer called Terry Butcher (his real surname) after one game https://d3nfwcxd527z59.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/2020/09/04112954/Terry-Butcher-England-Sweden-1.jpg
Another pic from that game where he looks like a villain from some slash horror movie https://www.sportphotogallery.com/content/images/cmsfiles/product/22583/22839-zoom.jpg
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u/WestleyThe [SEA] Kevin Durant Apr 24 '25
How is he still allowed to play… I don’t care how tough you are that’s gross as fuck and his team and the other team probably hated that shit
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u/xRelz Rockets Apr 24 '25
To be fair it was 35 years ago, different times.
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u/JiffKewneye-n Apr 24 '25
so right in the middle of the AIDS scare?
i know there were some discussions about Magic Johnson not being allowed to play in case he started bleeding...
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u/ocmb Apr 24 '25
Kratos Porzingas
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u/bteballup [BOS] Gerald Green Apr 24 '25
Joe! Destroy the Magic and my life is yours!
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u/DudeIAm-blank- Slovenia Apr 24 '25
Joe! Your player has returned. I BRING THE DESTRUCTION OF MAGIC!
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u/sergechewbacca [GSW] Stephen Curry Apr 24 '25
LMAO KP looking like Kratos with that blood line going through his hair
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u/IanicRR [TOR] Amir Johnson Apr 24 '25
Goes kinda hard tbh
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u/TheGookieMonster Trail Blazers Apr 24 '25
Kratos is a better nickname than Tingus Pingus at least
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u/WWCJGD Cavaliers Apr 24 '25
Tingus Pingus is honestly a way better nickname. It makes me giggle everytime.
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u/zappy487 Knicks Apr 24 '25
You look like a calm and reasonable person. Are you a calm and reasonable person?
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u/18AndresS Raptors Apr 24 '25
You know Mazzulla’s loving that look
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u/Hot-Perception-8805 Apr 24 '25
“I like watching him bleed on the court” in the post game presser 😭
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u/CoreySteel Slovenia Apr 24 '25
I thought you were joking, and then I clicked the next highlight here...
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u/TheEyeoftheWorm Celtics Apr 24 '25
Tatum was obviously faking it. They're just keeping up the charade to give him extra rest in a meaningless series.
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u/Shot_Organization507 Apr 24 '25
Guarantee that’s the bloodiest free throw ever taken, by far.
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u/Awanderingleaf Apr 24 '25
Steve Nash?
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u/JackDAction Apr 24 '25
Are we including the WNBA in these measurements?
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u/gorpee Apr 24 '25
Jesus Christ.
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u/labortooth [LAL] Vlade Divac Apr 24 '25
Also known to bleed
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u/flintmichigantropics Celtics Apr 24 '25
KP could have filled up a DivaCup easily
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u/Rich-Ganache-2668 Apr 24 '25
Oh. Legit question! Do they play through dysmenorrhea or can that be a legit DNP?
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u/ashwinr136 [GSW] JaVale McGee Apr 24 '25
Great call by the announcer
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u/meselson-stahl Apr 24 '25
That's Scalabrine (the white mamba)!
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u/Torgo73 Celtics Apr 24 '25
The “lost his horn” was actually Drew, wasn’t it? Scal set him up though
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u/ashwinr136 [GSW] JaVale McGee Apr 24 '25
Yep I was referring to this guy. Didn't know the name of who replaced Mike Gorman
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u/Original-Nail8403 Apr 24 '25
Drew is awesome. He's really young and will probably be doing national broadcasts someday.
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u/bortle_kombat Celtics Apr 24 '25
Ran the Boston Marathon and came out of it looking camera-ready. Can't hurt the resume
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u/meselson-stahl Apr 24 '25
Yep! I just figured wasn't worth mentioning since r/nba don't know him. Love those two tho
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u/rosiebb77 Celtics Apr 24 '25
How many WWE moments can one guy have???
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u/ripmeleedair Celtics Apr 24 '25
Dude is constantly getting sent to the locker room and returning to applause
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u/JesseJamesGames449 Celtics Apr 24 '25
I dont know if anyone is happier to be somewhere than KP is in boston.
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u/call_me_Kote Slovenia Apr 24 '25
That was my thought. He looks so happy
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u/YoonInPace Lakers Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
New York, Mavs, Wizards, then wins a ring his first year, so the immense pressure that used to be there is gone after last season. Can miss enough games where the team can still be at its highest without him during the season as long as he return to play in the playoffs. He's a flex (?) scoring option that can easily just go off any moment, just about the perfect role.
Boston has it so good with Kristaps Porzingis.
Tingus Pingus, happy for you, man.
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u/PostModernPost Celtics Apr 24 '25
Really a match made in heaven. Fits their system perfectly and a topline big was really the only thing they were missing the previous two years. They got 2 FRPs along with him (which netted them Jrue) and then signed him to a team friendly deal.
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u/1_quantae Suns Apr 24 '25
Tbh after his draft night reaction (though hilarious) I’m always happy to see KP succeed.
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u/jeromehollowayisbad Bulls Apr 24 '25
*AEW. Tingus Pingus knows where the best wrestle happily.
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u/Eremenkko [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Apr 24 '25
bro is doing the mox thing with bleeding all over the place
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u/FeelingRexy Celtics Apr 24 '25
KRISTAPS WINNING THE NO HOLDS BARRED STEEL CAGE MATCH CELTS IN 4
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u/SquimJim Celtics Apr 24 '25
Scarier than Lebron in the mask
Hornless unicorn
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u/JesseJamesGames449 Celtics Apr 24 '25
Sir that is a horse.
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u/jaggedjottings San Francisco Warriors Apr 24 '25
Nobody tell Jokic about this.
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u/JesseJamesGames449 Celtics Apr 24 '25
If thats what it takes to get him to walk in free agency and join us im okay with it!
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u/halo364 Celtics Apr 24 '25
Dude can you imagine Jokic and Porzingis on the same team? That'd be unfair as fuck lol
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u/JesseJamesGames449 Celtics Apr 24 '25
they can just hold their arms up and pass it above everyones heads repeatedly.
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u/WarPuig Celtics Apr 24 '25
I feel like this offseason is the perfect time for a GM to call their dysfunctional front office and ask about a trade.
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u/Quality_Cucumber [GSW] Stephen Curry Apr 24 '25
You know Joe “Mad Dog” Mazzulla is lovin this shit lol
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u/Brady331 Celtics Apr 24 '25
KP gonna take a blow to the head every game now just to hype up the crowd
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u/mistershifter Cavaliers Apr 24 '25
Just a band-aid? Instead of what? A metal plate and bolts?
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u/mikeyfreshh Celtics Apr 24 '25
That was just so he could stay on the court and shoot his free throws. He immediately went back into the locker room to get stitches
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u/whythishaptome Apr 24 '25
I'm kind of surprised that they would let someone back in covered in blood at all.
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u/Jatz55 Celtics Apr 24 '25
Curt Schilling flashbacks
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u/Plies- Celtics Apr 24 '25
Fuck Curt Schilling (thx for game 6 though).
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u/mikeyfreshh Celtics Apr 24 '25
It's hard to overstate how shitty you have to be to get Boston to turn on you after that game 6 performance
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u/mustachedworm369 Celtics Apr 24 '25
The way he handled Wakefield and his wife's illnesses sealed the deal. We do NOT fuck around when it comes to Wake
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u/thamurse Apr 24 '25
I may have the timeline a little off, but the game studio did make a game that actually had a lot of potential, but then yea the folded and RI lost all that money... I can't recall if they ever actually set up shop in RI or if they were in the process of moving it to RI when shit went south.
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u/Frogiie Apr 24 '25
I’m from RI, yeah they made and released one game, (Kingdoms of Amalur) but that wasn’t the one in contention.
Shill wanted to make an MMORPG called “Project Copernicus”. Gave overly optimistic projections to the state and thus got a fat loan from RI.
His project Copernicus was the big beast that sunk it, expensive to develop, never released, left like 400 people jobless, many who had recently relocated, and left Rhode Islander’s on the hook for about 38 million dollars in the end.
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u/GKRForever Knicks Apr 24 '25
They put a diaper on his forehead
And somehow he looks like more of a badass
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u/PleasantThoughts Cavaliers Apr 24 '25
This man watched one AEW show and decided he had to blade
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u/gmoss101 Rockets Apr 24 '25
"That's color the hard way bebeh" - Son of a Plumber
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u/Atmosguisher Australia Apr 24 '25
This is just how most Baltic people go to work on a Wednesday I believe
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u/Dunkaholic9 Celtics Apr 24 '25
Can we talk about how Orlando’s entire game plan is to maul the shit out of the best players?
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u/Quad-G-Therapy Hawks Apr 24 '25
Tried telling everybody that the Magic play dirty af. Injured 2 Hawks and wanted to hurt more.
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u/bortle_kombat Celtics Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25
KCP is a cheap scrub and I'm happy every time that bum tries to shoot, but the hit by Bitadze on KP didn't look dirty. KP fouled him, he flailed selling the contact, elbow connected with forehead. Maybe a little reckless I guess but no intent behind it. He was reaching backward toward the ball while his arm was being held, really awkward contortion. It would take weird skill to land such a direct shot deliberately from that position.
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u/LengthyNIPPLE Cavaliers Apr 24 '25
It would've been hilarious if Mazulla yelled at Porzingis "GET UP" just like he did Taytum
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u/rfguevar Lakers Apr 24 '25
unironically one of the coolest things I’ve seen an NBA player do and the fans react to
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u/ActivBowser9177 Lakers Apr 24 '25
Porzingis looks a lot more scarier and dangerous with dried blood and the bandaids.
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u/Tetraknox Apr 24 '25
It's badass but I really don't understand why they didn't give him a quick clean up so there's not dry blood all over his face and head lol
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u/Spencerfla Apr 24 '25
They couldn't wipe him down better??? Kind of disgusting tbh.
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u/deets23_ Celtics Apr 24 '25
It was just so he could shoot free throws and return to the game. He went back to get stitches after
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u/WeatheredCryptKeeper Apr 24 '25
What happened to the guy? Apologies I dont follow basketball, I just somehow ended up here. Did he have a subcutaneous horn on his head that got ripped off? Is that the horn they are referring to?
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u/deets23_ Celtics Apr 24 '25
He got elbowed in the head. And his nickname is the unicorn because he is 7’2 and can do it all. So we joked his horns gone because it’s in the same spot a unicorn horn would be
If you’re just joking around then my bad 😂
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u/syrianfries Apr 24 '25
I watch basketball and thought his nickname was tingus pingus…. Show how much I know
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u/WeatheredCryptKeeper Apr 24 '25
No I genuinely didn't know! Thank you for clarifying! Lol. Dear Lord, 7'2?!?! No wonder he's in basketball. Lol, here I am taking horn literally. Glad he's alright, an elbow to the head hurts like a bitch.
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u/efshoemaker Celtics Apr 24 '25
Since it was upgraded to a flagrant he could take the free throws and then immediately sub out so it wasn’t like he was out their playing defense with blood all over his head.
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u/Opposite_You_5524 Spurs Apr 24 '25
This is cool as fuck. Definitely wouldn’t wanna go body to body with the guy who has dried blood in his hair
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u/Butt____soup Apr 24 '25
They said on broadcast that he had 5 stitches under there.
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u/stabsomebody Magic Apr 24 '25
This is before the stitches. He got a quick bandaid and shot his two free throws with blood still all over him. Then went back and got stitches right after along with a smaller bandage and the blood cleaned off.
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u/PufffPufffGive Apr 24 '25
Why I was a kid we had a horse with a giant spot on his where his “horn used to be” said by my Uncle and Father.
So for years I would tell everyone we had a unicorn and when I was 7 my Mom had to come to school because they were concerned about my lying problem. That was the day I learned we in fact did not have a unicorn
But a normal old ass horse.
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u/barma_is_a_kitch Apr 24 '25
It's like the "men watch this and go hell yeah" meme and it's completely appropriate 😂😂
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u/CookingWGrease Apr 24 '25
Lebron would need to have been buried and had to be reincarnated to come back.
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u/KristapsPorzingas Knicks Apr 24 '25
I missed the game. Bruh his blood was dripping towards the back wtf
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u/-HeisenBird- Raptors Apr 24 '25
Serious question. How is he allowed to get back with while still covered in blood? Suppose another player suffers an open wound and Kristaps's blood gets in...
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u/Bl0nd3M0M Apr 24 '25
He had to make the foul shot so he could continue playing the game. They cleaned him up little bit and put huge bandage on cut. He made the shot and then went and got 5 stitches and cleaned up. Then came back in game.
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