Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan got sick and vomited on the floor.
The incident occurred in the third quarter and the game had to be delayed, but others attended and tried to support him.
“On the other hand, there's a bit of a delay here,” said play-by-play man Ryan Rukko. “They're cleaning the courtside. I think the fans have lost the courtside content of their stomachs. They're dealing with it now. StephCurry is next on Doubleheader's ESPN.”
Initially, the station did not reveal that the fan in question was Morgan.
The delay lasted about 10 minutes. Eventually, Morgan was taken away from his courtside seat in a wheelchair.
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If you recognize the man standing on Morgan's left, that's because Sopranos actor Steve Siripa.
“We hope everything is good for Tracy Morgan,” Knicks Guard Josh Hart said after the game. “As a passionate lifelong Nick fan, prayers go out to him and his health and safety.”
Morgan later revealed that he had become ill due to food poisoning.
“I'm fine now, and the doctor says it's food poisoning,” Morgan wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to my MSG family for taking care of me so well, I need to scream out the crew who had to clean it up. Thank you!
“More importantly, when you throw it on the court, the Knicks are now 1-0 so they may have to break it down again in the playoffs,” he joked (?).
The Knicks won Game 116-95.
