VIDEO: Raptors' Fred VanVleet Gets Knocked Out by Vicious Elbow to Face From Shaun Livingston
By Thomas Carannante
Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet has been a sensation for the team during their NBA Finals run and his toughness was truly put on display in Game 4 against the Golden State Warriors. The man took an inadvertent yet brutal elbow to the face from Warriors' Shaun Livingston and hit the ground hard.
Fred VanVleet takes an elbow to the face and has to leave the court to get stitched up. pic.twitter.com/O7QgH1pO8n
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 8, 2019
Woof. VanVleet went to the locker room after he was bleeding (and after cameras apparently picked up a tooth on the floor after the play occurred). Livingston was simply coming down from a shot but had all of his momentum going right in the direction of VanVleet's face.
And there’s a tooth. pic.twitter.com/mHcr5h8Vvs
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) June 8, 2019
What a trooper. You can see how badly he was hurt too when he was on the ground motionless and bleeding.
Fred VanVleet down, bleeding, after taking an inadvertent elbow to the eye area pic.twitter.com/S3uGz2iORN
— Grant Lodes (@GrantLodes) June 8, 2019
He's ready to return too after getting seven stitches. Wow.
Raptors Fred VanVleet received seven stitches and is available to return to the game. He did not sustain a concussion.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) June 8, 2019
In the meantime, the Raptors will have to make do until he steps back onto the court, but Toronto probably isn't too worried with the way Kawhi Leonard has been playing.