But after a medical timeout, Avants returned to her animated self.
Donovan joked that agents were going to wait until the toddler learned to talk to question him about the incident, but says the boy instead was given a "timeout" and was returned to his parents.
NBC returned before the timeout ended with 48 seconds of players' backs.
The Orangemen returned from a timeout and were called for a shot-clock violation in front of their bench.
That sent the 10,000 fans into a frenzy, deflated momentarily by a television timeout, and when the Nets returned, they could not take advantage of the fleeting momentum Martin provided.
The message that was returned was "inactivity timeout".
The Russian, who lost in the final to Serena Williams two years ago, appeared to be having breathing difficulties and left the court for a medical timeout during the second set but returned to continue.
Clijsters, a baseline player whose grit is as thick as her bloodlines, returned from her brief mental timeout in her fourth-round match yesterday to put away No. 11 Elena Dementieva, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
(As they returned to the court after a timeout, Catchings would ask a teammate to repeat what Summitt had said).
After an injury timeout, during which the trainer treated her foot, she returned to the court to serve.
