Ex-NBA player Arvydas Sabonis stable after heart attack
ASSOCIATED PRESS September 28, 2011 9:14AM
FILE - This Aug. 11, 2011 file photo shows Hall of Fame basketball player Arvydas Sabonis during a news conference at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield, Mass. Doctors in Lithuania say the 46-year-old Sabonis is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack. Sabonis was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night, Sept. 27, 2011, after going into cardiac arrest while playing basketball. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
KAUNAS, Lithuania — Basketball Hall-of-Famer Arvydas Sabonis is in stable condition after suffering a heart attack.
Doctors in Sabonis’ hometown of Kaunas, Lithuania, said Wednesday that the former NBA player is in intensive care, but the heart attack is not life-threatening.
The 46-year-old Sabonis was taken to a hospital Tuesday night after going into cardiac arrest while playing basketball.
Sabonis helped the Soviet Union win gold at the 1988 Olympics, beating the United States in the semifinals. The center played seven seasons for the Portland Trail Blazers between 1995-2003.
He was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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