Cleveland Cavaliers forward Cedi Osman had plenty of people freaked out on Sunday night when he took a shot to the face in the fourth quarter against the Pistons. It was the kind of hit to the face that could have easily caused a nosebleed. And for a moment, that’s what appeared to be happening.
There was just one issue:
Whatever dripped from his nose was yellow.
That understandably caused confusion across NBA Twitter — and even on the floor as a player said, “It’s yellow. What the (expletive).” — because, well, blood is not yellow. It’s never yellow. Yet, it sure looked like Osman was bleeding yellow.
During last night's Pistons-Cavs game, Cedi Osman got hit in the nose on this play and apparently wasn't bleeding red, but bleeding yellow.pic.twitter.com/tuDjS2vawz
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 28, 2022
Fans immediately started looking for an explanation. Did Osman actually throw up a sports drink? Did he have a wicked sinus infection? Did he suffer a serious injury and start leaking spinal fluid? He did not. Or, was he actually an alien who bleeds yellow?
Actual medical professionals went with the simple explanation of it being mucus. Weirdly runny mucus, but still mucus.
Thankfully, Osman would be OK to continue playing in the game despite confusing NBA Twitter.
This was how Twitter reacted
He’s an alien!!! https://t.co/dIYLMeVhXq
— Corner (@carlcastr0) November 28, 2022
As an emergency physician for close to 10 years now I’ve never seen a human being bleed that colour. https://t.co/6krh7Z2eTi
— Niku Mistry – 22/23 NBA Almanac OUT NOW (@MistryNBA) November 28, 2022
He a alien 👽 https://t.co/TmQuA7Q2Ab
— Joey Carbone (@StrawHatJoe519) November 28, 2022
Cedi bleeding egg yolk https://t.co/4lImC2RLv4
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) November 28, 2022
wait what https://t.co/XkJmaaYS5Z
— Spencer Keele (@SpencerKeele) November 28, 2022
Clearly an alien not from this earth https://t.co/xbjApg3bHt
— jeremiah (@th3_prophet) November 28, 2022
Well that’s one thing I’ve never seen happen on the court https://t.co/TZDOqc5eLK
— #RELSPELS (@mynameisrel_) November 28, 2022
Was confused when I saw this live https://t.co/8vr95uggw6
— Deion🏀🥶 (@lewis_deion) November 28, 2022
“It’s yellow wtf” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/sMGWxIU94g
— Troy ✈️✈️ (@KingTroy20) November 28, 2022
We need an explanation from Osman!
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