December 30, 200421 yr I left the movies at 9:15. The first thing I did was check the NBA Scoreboard on my phone. Wanted to see a boxscore of the LeBron-TMac duel. Was devastated to see that LeBron had 3pts in the 4th quarter. I knew something was wrong. James injured by Mutombo's elbow December 29, 2004 CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers star LeBron James was accidentally elbowed in the face by Houston's Dikembe Mutombo late in the first half of Wednesday night's game and had to be helped from the floor. James, on defense and moving across the lane, was leveled by Mutombo. He immediately dropped to the floor, covered his eyes and kicked his feet in obvious pain while play continued. When Houston scored, the officials stopped play and Cleveland's medical staff rushed out to help James. He had to be assisted off the court, leaving near Houston's bench and taken through the nearest exit to Cleveland's locker room. Early in the third quarter, the Cavs said James had bruised the orbital bone around his left eye and would not return. James, who turns 20 on Thursday, is averaging 25.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7.3 assists for the first-place Cavaliers.
December 30, 200421 yr Welcome to the NBA. This was also his last game as a teenager since he turns 20 tomorrow night or something.
December 30, 200421 yr Author Ladies and gentlemen: It's a broken cheekbone. LeBron should be able to play on Monday the 3rd but he's gonna need one of those Richard Hamilton/Lucious Harris masks.
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