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LeBron cuts head open after hard foul from Bogut

Bogut takes out LeBron with hard foul, James cuts head open. Source: YouTube/Getty

Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James cut his head open in colliding with a cameraman after falling to the floor on the baseline following a foul by Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut midway through the second quarter of Game 4 of the 2015 NBA Finals on Thursday night.

As James drove to the basket from the left wing, Bogut — who was replaced by reserve small forward Andre Iguodala from the Warriors starting lineup by head coach Steve Kerr shortly before tipoff in a tactical shift that paid dividends for Golden State in the early going — lowered the boom on the four-time MVP with a clean, hard foul.

An off-balance James stumbled as he landed, running headlong and headfirst into the lens of a cameraman shooting the game from the baseline.

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He stayed down in evident pain after the collision before coming up cut and bloodied:

A bleeding James headed to the bench, with a towel on his head, to receive treatment:

He seemed a bit shaken up, but returned and headed to the free-throw line to shoot his free throws. He split the pair, and remained in the game.

Despite hitting his head and bleeding from it, James did not undergo a concussion test following the incident. ABC's Sage Steele raised the question of why not during a halftime interview with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

"In terms of the blood rule, if he stops bleeding, he doesn't need to come out of the game," Silver said. "I'd say LeBron's a true warrior. Obviously, when somebody gets hit on the head, we always watch closely. But there, it seemed to be a surface cut. He went to the line, hit the free throw and stayed in the game."

James apparently did get some extra attention to attempt to address the cut:

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