The Reaction Of The Cavaliers’ Bench Is All You Need To Know How UGLY Gordon Hayward’s Injury Was

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So did you catch Gordon Hayward’s absolutely gnarly leg injury that happened just a few minutes into his first game for the Celtics Tuesday night against the Cavs? If you haven’t seen it yet, well, you really don’t want to, but since I know you’re sick and twisted people here it is.

Pretty sure that legs are not supposed to bend that way. Ouch.

Now, for those of you who are too squeamish to watch the actual injury, that’s okay. All you need to know about how AWFUL Hawyard’s leg injury was is to look at the reaction of the Cavaliers’ bench when it happened.

Trust me, you’re safe, at no point in these videos do you see his leg bending the wrong way.

https://twitter.com/2Sphil/status/920447814227738624

Look familiar? It should. Remember Kevin Ware back in 2013?

Pretty much the same.

On the plus side for Hayward, he’s got LOADS of support coming in from many in the NBA as well as from people outside of it…

Even Los Angeles Rams linebacker Connor Barwin sent his thoughts to Hawyard via Twitter with a photo of his own GRAPHIC injury and some words of encouragement…

In case you don’t want to see it, don’t scroll down any more.

Instead, watch this video showing how Nike’s new jerseys also suffered an injury of their own during Tuesday’s game

Okay, for the rest of you, here you go…

Yikes.

And for those of you who actually like looking at gruesome injuries (I know you’re out there), here’s what Hayward’s leg looked like…

You sure you want to see this?

Okay.

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Get well soon, Gordon.

H/T The Big Lead