What Happened to Gary Payton II? Warriors Defensive Specialist Throws Up While on the Floor vs Lakers

Tonoy Sengupta | 09/05/2023
What Happened to Gary Payton II? Warriors Defensive Specialist Throws Up While on the Floor vs Lakers

Gary Payton II has been an important player for the Warriors ever since he has been back and healthy for the team. Due to all his amazing performances, he was even elected to start against LeBron James and the Lakers in Game 4, as the Dubs decided to go small. And yet, around the 6-minute mark, the man just decided to up and leave to the Warriors’ locker room, in the middle of the game, leaving fans around the world bewildered. What happened to Gary Payton II? Was he able to return to the game from it?

 

What happened to Gary Payton II?

If you haven’t seen what happened already, just take a look at the clip in the tweet by BBallBreakdown below to take a look at the snippet in question from Game 4 of the Warriors vs Lakers.

At the time, it looked like the man had either pulled a muscle or tweaked an ankle somehow. However, upon closer inspection, the real reason finally comes to the fore. And it is quite the weird one. Take a look at the tweet below by Darren Hupke to see what happened.

His puking in his mouth and keeping it that way before rushing to the locker room makes far more sense than most other possible explanations here. However, it must be noted that there has been no official word on the matter just yet. Still, it is likely that Payton simply threw up in his mouth, nothing more. And thankfully for the Golden State Warriors, he soon returned to the bench for them, ready to play once again.

Post Edited By: Tonoy Sengupta
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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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