Tennis star Eugenie Bouchard mocked Russell as she responded to an article about the guard's mishap. "Oops," she wrote on Twitter.
CELTICS PRESIDENT RECOVERING FROM HEART ATTACK
Boston Celtics President Danny Ainge had a mild heart attack and is expected to fully recover.
The 60-year-old executive received immediate medical attention on Wednesday in Milwaukee, the team said in a statement Thursday.
The Celtics were facing the Bucks in the second round of the playoffs. Ainge, who also had a mild heart attack in 2009, was scheduled to return to Boston.
Celtics coach Brad Stevens said after the team practised on Friday that he's been in frequent communication with Ainge's family. He said they all seem to be doing well.
"That's all positive, but certainly it's scary," Stevens said. "To me, he's a friend and the family's been so good to us. So, you don't even think about anything else. You just want him to be comfortable and feeling great, getting better, that it's a good prognosis."
Game 3 of the Celtics' series with the Bucks is on Saturday in Boston. "This is much bigger than basketball," Stevens said. "Game 3 is Game 3. You always want to play your best at this time of the year.
"Obviously, he really cares about the result. We all really care about the result. But this is a game. So, that's what it is."
Stevens' comments were echoed by Celtics guard Marcus Smart, who said the team was informed of Ainge's health scare by the coaching staff before practice on Friday. Now in his fifth season in Boston, Smart is the longest-tenured player on the roster.
Smart shares a close relationship with Ainge, who was there to comfort him while his mother, Camellia Smart, endured and eventually died from cancer last year.
"Danny is just one of those guys. He takes time out of his life and his day, whatever he's doing and his schedule, to make sure you're all right," Smart said. "He constantly checks in on my family and everything like that. Just personally for me he's been like another mentor for me.
"From when I first got here Danny was that person I seen every day. … He means a lot to my life as well. I just hope he makes a speedy recovery."
HARDEN TO BATTLE THROUGH INJURY
James Harden squinted under the bright lights of the Toyota Center court on Friday and parts of both eyes remained a garish, bloody red. It was clear Houston's superstar was still dealing with injuries to his eyes after being hit by Golden State's Draymond Green in Game 2 of their playoff series.
Harden insisted the problem wouldn't keep him out of Game 3 on Sunday as the Rockets try to climb out of an 0-2 hole against the two-time defending champions.
"If I played barely seeing last game, what makes you think I'm going to sit out Game 3?" Harden asked defiantly.
Harden was injured midway through the first quarter on Wednesday after a blow from Green as he tried to rebound a shot he missed. He immediately fell to the court where he remained writhing for a bit before he was tended to by Houston's training staff and taken to the locker room.
He returned with about seven minutes left in the second quarter and scored 29 points despite saying that his vision was extremely blurry and that he could see "nothing".
"When he went out he had zero points and he comes back with not even one eye, one eye was almost shut and the other one was blurry and he gets 29 points," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "Not many people would have played. So whatever happens, that's pretty special."
Harden practised with the team on Friday as the Rockets prepare to host Golden State for two games.
