Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson got a little more than she bargained for while seated courtside at the latest New York Knicks game.

Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson unwittingly became the New York Knicks sixth player while sitting courtside recently. The singer was nailed by a stray basketball while attending the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 6.

During Jennifer Hudson and Common’s courtside date night at the New York Knicks game, the EGOT winner nearly lost her glasses to a rogue basketball. Hudson, 43, and Common, 52, sat courtside at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday,

Jennifer Hudson got hit in the face with a basketball, as captured in a viral clip from Tuesday's game between the New York Knicks the Golden State Warriors at Madison Square Garden. As point guard Miles McBride crashes into her seat,

Jennifer Hudson's attendance at the Tuesday New York Knicks game didn't turn out as expected, as the actress took a basketball to the face.

The "Spotlight" singer and the "Just Wright" actor enjoyed a date night at Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks take on the Warriors on Tuesday.

The "Dreamgirls" star was hit by a basketball while sitting with Common, prompting commentators to question if he "protected her."

Jennifer Hudson’s outing to a basketball game this week may have gotten a bit too real. The singer was sat court-side at a New York Knicks game Tuesday night beside her boyfriend rapper Common, when a basketball flung from the court and appeared to hit her on the head.

Spare a thought for poor Jennifer Hudson, who was hit in the face by both a basketball and an elbow while sitting courtside at a Knicks game on Tuesday. The 43-year-old star was enjoying a date night watching the New York team’s playoff against the Golden State Warriors with her boyfriend, Common, when the painful-looking accident happened.

Jennifer Hudson was hit in the face by a stray basketball at a New York Knicks NBA game, with her partner, rapper Common, attempting to deflect the ball with his hand.