A tragedy almost happened at a basketball game in Rijeka on Friday night.
The basket fell and almost fell on the Split basketball player.
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Letter to the Reader — Why We're Asking for Your Support ContributeThe incident occurred at the "Centar Zamet" gym, in the 18th minute of the match between Kvarner and Split, in the Croatian elite.
Split center Demajeo Wiggins, who was the best basketball player up to that point with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists, was lucky.
Wiggins made the save when the score was 48:47 for the hosts. He narrowly avoided an incident that could have ended in tragedy, but he escaped the worst.