{"id":1455403,"date":"2021-12-18T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1455403"},"modified":"2021-12-18T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T17:28:01","slug":"alonzo-mourning-refused-leave-stretcher-suffering-career-ending-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/alonzo-mourning-refused-leave-stretcher-suffering-career-ending-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonzo Mourning Refused to Leave on a Stretcher After Suffering His Career-Ending Knee Injury: ‘If I Had to Crawl Off the Court, I Would Have'"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NBA Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning was a fan-favorite all throughout his legendary career<\/a>. His grit and never-give-up attitude made him a beloved figure at every stop along the way, and nothing illustrated that better than when he suffered a career-ending knee injury during his final season with the Miami Heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mourning knew immediately that it would be the last time he would step on an NBA court, so he refused to let a stretcher carry him off into retirement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alonzo Mourning knew his career was over the second he injured his knee in 2007<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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