LeBron James sat silently in front of his locker with a towel draped over his head Cristian Zapata Colombia Jersey , not wanting to reveal the effects of a hit to his nose that prematurely ended his night.
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His Miami Heat teammates finished off a 103-81 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder without him on Thursday night.
Miami's star forward went down with 5:50 remaining after he was struck by Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka on a drive to the basket. James finished the dunk, but he was bloodied and he left the court with a towel over his face.
"I'm like everybody else, you're used to seeing him like Superman, get up and sprint back even after tough hits and tough falls Cristian Bonilla Colombia Jersey ," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "So we knew something was up."
Miami's star forward had landed the hardest blow long before that. He scored 16 of his 33 points in the first quarter to put the Thunder in a bind, and the Heat rolled to a lopsided win.
James passed a concussion test, but some damage was done.
"He has a swollen nose right now. It's bleeding," Spoelstra said. "We'll evaluate him when we get back to Miami Carlos Valderrama Colombia Jersey , but it's sore."
The Thunder were the ones shaken up after James made his first five shots and scored 12 points in the first 4:11.
"It was flawless," Wade said. "He was aggressive defensively, he was able to play