On the Tuesday night game of basketball between Oklahoma City Thunder VS Minnesota Timberwolves, the Thunder center Nerlens Noel had to be taken off the court on a stretcher during the third quarter. Noel suffered this injury after Andrew Wiggins of the Timberwolves made contact with him on Noel’s dunk attempt.
Noel took an elbow on the face as Wiggins tried to stop him. Noel went down on the ground and his head hit the floor. A defensive foul was called on Noel but after review, no foul was called. Noel was down on the court for few minutes before he was taken from the floor away. With Noel being on the floor, both teams’ players jawed at each other.
Billy Donovan, the OKC Thunder coach said to media that Noel was taken to the University of Oklahoma’s OU Medical Center and gave no further information about the extent of Noel’s injury.
After this incident, a skirmish started between OKC Thunder and Timberwolves Dennis Schroder and Jeff Teague. Two technical fouls were called on Teague who was ejected. Schroder was also called on a technical foul.
Minnesota Timberwolves won the game by 119-117.
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