MRI on Warriors’ Patrick McCaw Shows no Structural Damage
By Andrew Ites
Warriors forward Patrick McCaw took a scary fall in last night’s win in Sacramento, but Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania is reporting today’s MRI showed no structural damage.
Patrick McCaw was driving to the hoop while the Warriors were up by 19 points in the third quarter against the Kings when Vince Carter undercut the second-year player causing him to come down hard on his lower back.
McCaw writhed in pain on the floor before medical personnel could attend to him.
He was eventually stretchered off the court after five-plus minutes as the teams came together where everyone was simply hoping he would be okay.
ESPN’s Chris Haynes reported that McCaw experienced numbness after the rough landing, but he regained feeling in his extremities after a while.
Chest X-Rays and a CT scan came back clear, according to Haynes, and with today’s promising MRI results it looks like McCaw avoided suffering a very serious injury.
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In the video of the fall and aftermath that ensued, you can see that Steve Kerr is extremely upset. He talks to the ref and clearly says, “I’m not mad at you, I’m mad at Vince. He knows better.”
Vince Carter doesn’t have a reputation of being a dirty player, and he had a look of immediate regret after the foul. Carter said the foul was an accident and he personally apologized to the Warriors after the game.
Charania reports that there is hope that McCaw will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday after passing the necessary tests, and he can begin his road to recovery from what thankfully wasn’t an extremely serious injury.