People close to Houston Rockets guard Sterling Brown, including his teammates and coaches, feared for his life this week. Brown was in the emergency room at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., receiving medical attention throughout Monday after being jumped outside of a strip club in the early hours of the morning.
The Rockets released a statement before their game Monday night against the Heat: “Last night, Sterling Brown was the victim of an assault. He had no prior knowledge of or interaction with the assailants. He suffered facial lacerations but will make a full recovery. Sterling is not playing tonight because of his prior knee injury.”
The situation was even more serious than what was revealed via the statement, however.
