Thunder center Bismack Biyombo offers update after collapse

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Thunder center Bismack Biyombo offers update after scary collapse on bench

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 3/8/24

Bismack Biyombo appears to be doing well after this week’s scary episode.

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Biyombo sparked concern during Wednesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. As the two teams were heading into a timeout, Biyombo, in warmups on the bench at the time, was seen on the television broadcast suddenly collapsing backwards to the floor. He was quickly attended to by Thunder personnel as concerned teammates huddled around him.

Here is the video.

Bismack Biyombo collapsed earlier tonight and went back to the locker room

Biyombo was cleared of any serious medical issues by Blazers physicians and will be further evaluated tomorrow, per @NickAGallo.

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— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 7, 2024

Biyombo eventually got back up and walked off to the locker room under his own power. He was examined by Blazers team physicians at the Moda Center and cleared of any serious medical issues.

In a post to X on Thursday, Biyombo shared an encouraging update. He said that he was just dehydrated and ended up fainting. Biyombo added that he has been fasting for the last 15 years as part of his spiritual journey and thanked everyone for their thoughts and well-wishes.

Feeling blessed & grateful for everyone's love & concern. A big thank you to my teammates for their understanding. All good here, just a bit of dehydration, but ready for tomorrow's game! Fasting has been my spiritual journey for over 15 years, thankful for every lesson. #God pic.twitter.com/kNvauf2Uve

— Bismack Biyombo (@bismackbiyombo) March 8, 2024

In a subsequent post, Biyombo joked that the public fainting spell was the universe's way of keeping him humble.

God had to remind me that i am human and he decided to do in front of the world , so here you have it

— Bismack Biyombo (@bismackbiyombo) March 8, 2024

The 31-year-old Biyombo, a former No. 7 overall pick, is in his 13th career NBA season. After starting the season with the Memphis Grizzlies, he was waived in January and signed with the Thunder weeks later. Biyombo has made four appearances off the bench thus far for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, averaging 0.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 5.8 minutes per game.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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