Nick Collison got nailed right between his eyes by a follow-through elbow from Jamaal Magloire, a 6-foot-11, 265-pound rebound machine nicknamed The Big Cat.
Collison wandered up the court and eventually to the sideline, completely disoriented.
The Thunder medical staff was awaiting him. They had a couple questions. “Some really simple ones,” Collison said.
“Where did you play last night?”
“Where are you right now?”
Collison couldn't answer them.
“I remember them asking me and not being able to recall and knowing that I should be able to recall this,” Collison said. “That was the scary part about it … It's a scary thing when you're disoriented.