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Golden State Warriors defender Moses Moody near Monday night’s crippled connected a stretcher aft he suffered a gruesome limb wounded against nan Dallas Mavericks.
Moody was each unsocial connected his measurement to an easy dunk successful overtime aft stealing nan shot from Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg. He gathered himself and went up for nan slam but his knee buckled. He landed difficult connected nan floor.
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Golden State Warriors defender Moses Moody (4) injures his limb while trying to people successful beforehand of Dallas Mavericks guardant Cooper Flagg (32) during overtime astatine American Airlines Center connected March 23, 2026. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)
Warriors caput coach Steve Kerr and players from some teams were near successful disbelief.
Moody was down for respective minutes arsenic aesculapian unit attended to him. Kerr said aft nan crippled that Moody was getting X-rays astatine nan American Airlines Center.
"Just saw his limb buckle. Saw him spell down successful a heap, successful pain," Kerr told reporters. "We don’t cognize what it is, but it judge looked bad. Just hoping for nan best. What nan best-case script is, that’s what we’re each hoping for. But it looked bad."
Moody was playing successful his first crippled since he sprained his correct wrist. He led nan Warriors pinch 23 points and 3 steals earlier nan freak accident.
Golden State Warriors defender Moses Moody (4) grabs his limb astatine American Airlines Center connected March 23, 2026. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)
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"Mo is specified a awesome quality being, awesome teammate, awesome feline to coach," Kerr said. "Puts successful nan activity each day. And was brilliant, by nan way. Played truthful good defensively, changed nan crippled for america pinch his shot unit and knocked down large shots. So awesome to yet person him back. And past for that to happen, you’re conscionable praying that it’s not excessively serious, but it judge looked serious."
Warriors defender Brandin Podziemski said nan wounded reminded him of when Jimmy Butler tore his ACL against nan Miami Heat backmost successful January.
"You conscionable dislike to spot it, particularly to nan bully group successful life," Podziemski said.
Golden State Warriors defender Moses Moody (4) waves to fans while leaving nan tribunal connected a stretcher during overtime against nan Dallas Mavericks astatine American Airlines Center connected March 23, 2026. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)
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The Warriors won nan crippled 137-131. Golden State is apt headed for nan play-in tourney successful hopes of being 1 of nan 8 teams successful nan Western Conference vying for an NBA title.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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