Brittney Griner Uninjured After Knife Attack in China

Brittney Griner got stabbed in the elbow by a man in China, according to AP and ESPN reports. The Phoenix Mercury Star plays with the Beijing Great Wall during the WNBA offseason, and was attacked while she was walking from practice to the team bus:

"The assailant began yelling, swinging the knife wildly, and chased Griner and two teammates onto the bus, sources said. During this process, the man stabbed at Griner and caught her on the elbow, slightly nicking her. Agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said the 6-foot-8 Griner was wearing a winter coat and that the knife barely cut her skin. Griner didn’t require stitches. The agent said the man also stabbed one of Griner’s teammates, but that she was wearing two jackets and the knife didn’t go through."

The man apparently left the bus voluntarily, but returned to the scene — covered in blood — before he was arrested by Chinese authorities. It sounds like everyone involved is lucky that this didn’t go a whole lot worse.