Injuries are common in any sport, especially if it’s a physical one like basketball. In the NBA, fans have witnessed several injuries that have sometimes derailed the careers of players. These are mostly self-afflicted that arise due to the body of a player undergoing plenty of strain. However, there are times when a player suffers from an injury that is caused by the action of someone in the opposition.

Just like in the NBA, injuries do happen in college basketball as well, and can sometimes be extremely serious. One such potential injury took place during the match between the Duke Blue Devils and the Clemson Tigers, where Duke’s forward, Wendell Moore Jr., endured a horrific impact while dunking during a fast-break.

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Moore Jr. would steal the ball from Clemson’s David Collins and run down the court in the hopes of an easy finish at the rim. However, Collins would collide into Moore Jr. while the latter was on his way up for the dunk leading to a flagrant foul and an immediate ejection. Therafter, many fans took to Twitter to express their views about the incident.

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The hard foul on Wendell Moore Jr. put Twitter in a frenzy with some fans, comparing the incident to Grayson Allen’s foul on Alex Caruso.

Additionally, several fans expressed their views about Clemson’s David Collins. They claimed that the Tigers’ guard should face severe punishment, including a suspension. They felt that a simple ejection from the game did not do justice to the kind of foul that the guard committed.

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Furthermore, some fans took to expressing views of aggression on Twitter. They claimed that the rest of the Duke squad should have engaged in a fight with Collins.

Clearly, the Internet is in full support of Duke’s Wendell Moore Jr. An undercut like this from any player can not just end the opposing player’s career, but also put their very life at risk. Thankfully, this situation did not injure Moore Jr., as the Duke forward would return to finish the game without any issues. He would end the game with 8 points and 8 assists. On a brighter note, despite Collins committing the foul, he showed his professionalism by apologizing to Coach K and claiming responsibility for the incident.

In Conclusion

Although injuries are common in a highly physical sport like basketball, they should never come up as a result of someone’s actions. Like Grayson Allen, even Collins’ undercut was deemed unjustifiable and unnecessary.

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The intensity of a game can often cause such cases to happen, but players must look at the bigger picture at times. After all, basketball is just a sport and forms only a part of a player’s life.

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