Carmelo Anthony collapses and no one seems to care

Strange scene in Oklahoma City the other night. Carmelo Anthony knocks his head on Kevin Durant and collapses, and play goes on. Take a look:

Why would the refs put the ball in play with a player laid out on the floor? Why wouldn’t the Denver coaching staff yell and scream for a timeout? Why in the world is J.R. Smith trying to score when his teammate is prone on the court? Several people dropped the ball in this situation.

Here is what Chauncey Billups and Kenyon Martin had to say about it:

“I couldn’t believe J.R. would try to go for the layup,” said Chauncey Billups, who was on the bench at the time. “I was like, ‘Dude, are you serious? Call timeout, man, you see the dude ain’t move. What in the world are you thinking about?'”

Martin veered toward the positive, pointing out how Anthony was able to return and help the Nuggets to an important victory over the Thunder.

“It says a lot about Melo to be laying out like that and come back in and hit two clutch free throws,” Martin said.

He was asked, doesn’t the play say a lot about J.R. Smith?

“Yeah, whatever,” Martin said.

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