Warriors' Moses Moody stretchered off court after gruesome knee injury in win over Mavericks
Moses Moody went up for a breakaway dunk, but his left knee gave out in the final minute of overtime on Monday night.
Moses Moody was stretchered off the court on Monday night after he went down with a brutal knee injury. (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images) IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect / REUTERS Golden State Warriors guard Moses Moody had to be stretchered off the floor on Monday night after he went down with a gruesome knee injury on what should have been an easy breakaway dunk. Moody, in overtime of the Warriors’ 137-131 win over the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center, stole the ball and had a dunk ahead of him with about a minute left on the clock.
But right after Moody planted to jump up, he bailed on the dunk completely and reached down for his left knee. Moody crashed down to the court under the rim, holding his left knee, as play went the other way. The Warriors’ bench reacted horribly to the injury, and athletic training staff ran over to help Moody and cover up his knee once play ended on the other side of the court.
He was eventually stretchered off the court. He finished with 23 points, three rebounds and three assists. Further specifics of his injury are not yet known.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said after the game that Moody was getting X-rays, but that was all he knew. Moody was on crutches with a knee brace moving very slowly in the locker room. “We don’t know what it is, but it sure looked bad,” Kerr said, via The Athletic’s Nick Friedell .