It was an ugly scene in Denver as Kemba Walker has to be stretchered off the Pepsi Center court after sustaining a neck injury. And it nearly turned even worse for the Celtics guard when one of the medics ushering him out took a spill and came awfully close to tipping the stretcher.
Kemba was already in rough shape. Falling from the stretcher onto the hardcourt is not something that anyone would have wanted to see happen at that point. But it almost did happened.
Here’s a look at how close it was:
Thumbs up to everyone involved in the save.