HOUSTON — Utah Jazz guard Vince Williams Jr. was ruled out for the remainder of the game against the Houston Rockets on Monday night after a gruesome knee injury in the first half.
Running down the court during a fast break early in the second quarter, Williams was hip checked by Rockets forward Tari Eason. As he was trying to steady himself after the collision, his knee bent in the wrong direction and he fell out of bounds in front of the Jazz bench.
Williams was helped off the court by Jazz staffers before being carried into the locker room.
This is the play that took Vince Williams Jr. out for the game. Pretty gruesome on the upper right of the screen.
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Jazz head coach Will Hardy immediately called a time out and as Williams lay on the court, the coach confronted the officials about the non-call play that resulted in Eason scoring for the Rockets.
Once Williams was off the court, a number of Jazz players rewatched the play with some of the Jazz coaching staff and screwed their faces into grimaces when seeing the injury and what caused it.
The Jazz later announced that a Williams would not return to the game due to a left knee injury.
This story will be updated.