<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5183c8ec6bb3f7ff6700000e-900-675/michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-flu-game.jpg?maxX=400" border="0" alt="michael jordan chicago bulls flu game" width="400" /></div><p class="source">AP</p></div>The <keyword id="6361805" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="NBA">NBA</keyword> Playoffs have been plagued by <keyword id="27288" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="injury">injury</keyword> and sickness.</p>
<p>Thursday night Bulls player Nate Robinson played 42 minutes with the flu while vomiting on the bench, and Warriors player David Lee came back from a torn hip flexor after just 12 days.</p>
<p>Some of the most iconic moments in sports history involve hobbled <keyword id="24261" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Athletes">athletes</keyword> fighting through pain to compete for a title.</p>
<p>We picked out 11 of the most striking examples of this type of toughness.</p>

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11 Examples Of Athletes Playing Through Extreme Injuries

APThe NBA Playoffs have been plagued by injury and sickness. Thursday night Bulls player Nate Robinson played 42 minutes with the flu while vomiting on the bench, and Warriors player David Lee came back from a torn hip flexor after just 12 days. Some of the most iconic moments in sports history involve hobbled athletes fighting through pain to compete for a title. We picked out 11 of the most striking examples of this type of toughness.

APThe NBA Playoffs have been plagued by injury and sickness. Thursday night Bulls player Nate Robinson played 42 minutes with the flu while vomiting on the bench, and Warriors player David Lee came back from a torn hip flexor after just 12 days.

11 Examples Of Athletes Playing Through Extreme Injuries

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