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Boston Celtics guard, Mickael Pietrus, suffered a nasty injury during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. Pietrus was taken to the hospital and it was announced that he had a closed head injury.
A description was written about Pietrus' injury:
"...a trauma in which the brain is injured as a result of a blow to the head, or a sudden, violent motion that causes the brain to knock against the skull. A closed head injury is different from an open head injury, in that no object actually penetrates the brain.This is just another blow to the Celtics, who lose yet another key player after Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox were gone due to heart problems. Jermaine O'Neal was also announced done for the season after breaking his wrist.
"Closed head injuries can be diffuse, meaning that they affect cells and tissues throughout the brain; or focal, meaning that the damage occurs in one area. Closed head injuries can range from mild to severe."
"It's just been a hell of a year right now," Rivers said.
Paul Pierce hopes that the injury isn't too serious.
"It's always tough when you see your fellow NBA player, regardless of who it is," go down, Pierce said. "When you see someone laying there on the ground, not moving and getting carried off the floor on a stretcher -- it's tough. In any sport; I'm a sports fan and whenever you see that, you feel for the person, feel for their families. Those (injuries) can be career-ending type of things, and you see it all the time. We just hope that he's able to make it through these things."
I wish a very speedy recovery to Pietrus.
If you want to know how bad the injury really was, take a look at the video below:
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