Jayson Tatum from Boston, then Jimmy Butler from Golden State and this morning Ja Morant from Memphis...
All three are leaders of their teams and are victims of incredibly brutal starts in the first games of the NBA playoffs.
And while Butler avoided a fracture by grabbing his right leg with both hands while jumping, he will most likely be out of the third game against Houston after being savagely thrown by Amen Thompson.
Memphis' best player is undergoing tests.
Memphis shone against the best team in the regular season of the NBA, leading by 29 points and losing the game after Lou Dort started - 108:114.
Morant had to leave the game after being lifted onto his shoulders by Lou Dort during a dunk...
"That start is dirty, that's not how you play basketball," thundered one of the league's best defenders, Draymond Green, who himself, while wearing a "Warrior" jersey, was the victim of a brutal elbow to the face from Houston player Jalen Green.
Only Oklahoma took a 3-0 lead in the series, Houston tied it, and only Boston managed to recover from the shock and Tatum's loss and win the game against Orlando 109-100.
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