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Stuckey's collapse mars Cavs win over Pistons
It was a strange, scary night, the type of game that made the Cleveland Cavaliers feel fortunate to emerge with a win.
The Detroit Pistons, on the other hand, had a bigger issue on their minds. Late in third quarter of the Cavs' 99-92 home win Friday, Pistons point guard Rodney Stuckey collapsed on the bench with what was initially diagnosed as a seizure. Stuckey was taken via ambulance to the nearby Cleveland Clinic, where he was in stable condition late into the evening. According to the Pistons, Stuckey's vital signs were good. The incident took place with about 2:30 to go in the third and the Pistons holding a 67-61 lead. A timeout was called, and Stuckey addressed teammate Jonas Jerebko as they made their way to the bench. Shortly after sitting down, Stuckey began to fall forward out of his chair, with the team's strength coach holding him and keeping him from dropping to the floor. Later, Stuckey was removed on a stretcher. "As the coaches were coming off the bench (during the timeout), I walked over to say something to Jonas but Rodney said, 'Coach, I already got him,'" explained Pistons coach John Kuester. "All of a sudden, I saw him sort of leaning over and before I knew it, he was on the ground." Kuester had a hard time explaining what was going through his mind at the time. "I had a number of thoughts," he said. "And the reason being is that I have been involved with a number of situations that were very similar. It's not pleasant to talk about. All that matters is he's going to be OK." Stuckey is 23 years old and missed two games early last season after experiencing a dizzy spell in a game against Boston. But he had not had a similar episode until Friday night, being the only Piston to start and play in every game this year. "He's been great," Kuester said. "He's had a wonderful year and he's done some awfully good things and he's been such a competitor." Players from both teams met at center court following the game to pray for Stuckey. "Tonight was a game between Cleveland and Detroit, but when an instance like that happens, we all become one family," Cavs star LeBron James said. "All our prayers are with Rodney Stuckey and his family." As for the actual game, the league-leading Cavs (49-14) came out flat and admittedly looked uninterested at the start. They trailed 31-22 at the end of the first and 47-26 with 8:05 left in the second. Worse, anytime the Cavs finally seemed to pull it all together, the Pistons (21-41) went on another little run. As is usually the case though, James did his part to turn the tide for Cleveland. His biggest moments of the night may have come in the final moments of the third, when he buried back-to-back 3-pointers and cut the deficit to 70-68. Then James took a seat for a breather to start the fourth, and new forward Antawn Jamison took it from there. Jamison hit a three to open the quarter, then followed it with a layup in traffic, then followed that with one of those floater shots in the lane that have become his trademark. By the time Jamison was finished, the Cavs held a 76-70 lead and he received a standing ovation. "LeBron did a good job of keeping us in it, and when he hit the bench, we needed someone to come out and give us a spark," Jamison said. James recorded his sixth straight double-double, and they seemingly get more impressive with the game. This time, he compiled game-highs of 40 points (on 16-for-27 shooting) and 13 rebounds. Jamison added 17 points, and Anderson Varejao had 16 off the bench. Tayshaun Prince tallied 23 points to lead the Pistons, and almost single-handedly lifted them to their big second-quarter lead. But eventually, the Cavs buckled down the defense and found their stroke on offense. "Defensively, we weren't flying around and being physical (early)," James said. "We gave them their spots and they made a lot of jumpers. We knew we had to turn it around." Cleveland has beaten Detroit five straight times.