In today’s Dub Hub:
- Steve Kerr, Warriors teammates react to Moses Moody’s knee injury after 137-131 OT win vs. Mavericks.
- In an interview with 95.7 The Game, The Athletic’s Nick Friedell recalls the scene following Moses Moody’s knee injury.
- In a recent article by The Athletic, Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama makes his case for this year’s MVP award.
The Golden State Warriors picked up a much-needed win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, but it came at a devastating cost.
Moses Moody, who had just returned after missing 10 games due to a wrist injury, went down late in the game with a left knee injury on a non-contact play. He was eventually stretchered off the floor as players, coaches, and everyone in attendance looked on in silence.
Despite the Warriors’ 137-131 overtime win, all anyone could think about was Moody’s status after the game.
“We don’t know what it is, but it sure looked bad,” said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. “Just hoping for the best.”
Moody was arguably the Warriors’ best player on the night before the injury, leading the team with 23 points in 34 minutes in what should have been a celebratory end to a rough six-game road trip. But that all changed after what appeared to be a routine fast break dunk instantly shifted the tone of the night.
“[Moses Moody] is such a great human being, great teammate, and a wonderful guy to coach,” Kerr said. “He just puts in the work every day and was brilliant, by the way. He played so well defensively changing the game for us with his ball pressure and knocking down big shots. It was so great to finally have him back after missing [10 games] and then for that to happen, we’re just praying it’s not too serious, but it sure looked serious.”
That sentiment carried throughout the locker room, especially for a Warriors team already hammered by season-altering injuries. It’s yet another tough blow, and for now, all eyes are on Moody as the team awaits further evaluation.
For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Tuesday, March 24th:
Warriors News:
Warriors’ Moses Moody suffers noncontact knee injury in OT win | ESPN
“It’s brutal, you know we’ve been waiting to get back healthy,” Green told NBA on ESPN Radio after the game. “Moses is a guy who does everything right … and he changed the game for us tonight.
“Everything started going bad, he picked up his defensive intensity, knocked shots down, he changed the game for us. To see him go out like that [was] bad.”
Jonathan Kuminga posts distraught reaction to Moses Moody’s knee injury | NBC Sports Bay Area
Despite no longer being teammates, Kuminga, in a post on Threads, was one of many NBA players who reacted to Moody’s gruesome knee injury in Golden State’s 137-131 overtime win vs. the Dallas Mavericks on Monday at American Airlines Center.
The Athletic’s Nick Friedell recalls the scene following Moses Moody’s injury
NBA News:
Victor Wembanyama says he’s the NBA MVP. I asked him to debate his case | The Athletic
“My first one would be that defense is 50 percent of the game and that is undervalued, so far, in the MVP race,” Wembanyama said. “I believe I’m the most impactful player defensively in the league. Second argument would be that we almost swept OKC in the season and we dominated them three times with their real team and four times with the, you know, more rotation players. My third argument would be that offense impact is not just points.”
Bucks waive guard Cam Thomas, per ESPN’s Shams Charania
In case you missed it at Golden State of Mind:
Steph Curry not cleared for scrimmage in Atlanta
However, it turns out that Curry did not scrimmage in Atlanta. Rick Celebrini, the Warriors’ director of sports medicine and performance, did not clear Curry for a scrimmage. Instead, he and Curry did more court/rehab work. According to the Warriors, this doesn’t necessarily signal a setback; rather, that Curry just wasn’t ready to progress to the next stage of recovery.
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