Detroit • Dante Exum absorbed an errant opposing elbow late in the first quarter, doubled over, checked out and headed to the locker room, causing every member of Jazz Nation to hold their breath for the oft-injured point guard.
When he returned minutes later and headed for the scorer’s table to check back in, all seemed well, a disaster averted.
Until a second-quarter crossover from the Piston he was guarding caused him to lean the wrong way, his ankle to buckle, and him to collapse to the court.
Once again, he gingerly walked off the court.