Ellie Day suffering concussion symptoms after collision with LeBron James
The wife of golfer Jason Day was treated and released from a Cleveland hospital after a scary courtside collision with LeBron James during Thursday’s Cavaliers-Oklahoma City Thunder game.
Ellie Day was put on a stretcher with a cervical collar around her neck and transported to Cleveland’s Metro Hospital with unspecified injuries after the incident.
Rita Andolsen, a spokesperson for the hospital, told Paste BN Sports that Day had been released from the facility on Friday.
On Friday afternoon, Ellie Day tweeted that she was sore and exhausted but OK. "Being tackled by that large man I would compare to a minor car accident. My head and neck hit pretty hard so it was really scary."
She added, "Second, it was so fast. I didn't remember until 2 a.m. seeing the ball come toward me. It was a blur. To the crazies that think Jason should have protected me -- if he had had time to react, so would have I. Also, I would not have liked both dudes landing on me. Lebron is huge and had such momentum he could not have stopped!"
Finally, Day responded to those saying it's a "money grab or some crap which is obviously absurd. ... I would never make anything more of it."
She also saw humor in the episode. "More messages from getting plowed over by Lebron than Jason winning a major. HA."
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Gerry Dulac tweeted that Jason Day's agent, Bud Martin, said Ellie is suffering from concussion symptoms after the collision.
James leapt into the first row of seats as he tried to keep a ball in bounds. James went over to check on Day on the next dead ball.
Jason Day, an Aussie who won his first major at the PGA Championship in August, has a house outside Columbus and attends Cavs games regularly.