Coming in to the Olympics, Australia were one of the favorites to take gold in men’s basketball. This all changed though as star player Aron Baynes will be unavailable throughout the rest of the games. Injuries are quite common in basketball because of the game’s fast pace but Aron Baynes’ injury isn’t one you see every day.
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The Toronto Raptors player actually hurt his neck in the win against Italy. Things got much worse when Aron slipped and fell in the bathroom, ruling him out of the entire competition. Australian Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Hughes told various reporters that “It was a complicated series of events,” and “He did suffer an injury during the match on the court, and then he had a slip in the bathroom and suffered further injury.”
This unfortunate injury will hurt the Australian basketball team as they try to capture a historic gold medal. They will be playing Argentina in the quarter-finals
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