SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Warriors guard Patrick McCaw was taken away on a stretcher after he fell hard to the floor following a foul by Sacramento's Vince Carter during a 112-96 Golden State<\/b>
\nSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Warriors guard Patrick McCaw was taken away on a stretcher after he fell hard to the floor following a foul by Sacramento\u2019s Vince Carter during a 112-96 Golden State win Saturday night.
McCaw was transported to UC Davis Medical Center for further evaluation, the team said. There were no further updates.
\u201cI just hope he\u2019s OK,\u201d a visibly distraught Carter said. \u201cI play this game because I love it and enjoy it, not to see young guys get hurt. He has a bright future. You can tell me whatever, it was an accident.\u2026 I don\u2019t like to see him sitting there in pain saying he can\u2019t feel his lower half.\u201d
McCaw drove the baseline and went down with a thud with 41.8 seconds left in the third quarter, hit in the lower body by Carter. McCaw lay in agony for about 10 minutes as the arena silenced.
Carter, who was given a Flagrant-1 foul, knelt nearby as medical personnel from both teams along with Warriors coach Steve Kerr rushed out to the baseline beneath Golden State\u2019s basket.
\u201cVince is not that type of guy, he\u2019s never been that type of guy,\u201d Golden State\u2019s Draymond Green said. \u201cFreak accidents, things happen. A guy jumps and he didn\u2019t touch him much if you\u2019re as high as you can jump you lose your balance easier. I know that was tough on Vince.\u201d
Players for both teams eventually came to the floor as McCaw was placed on a stretcher and wheeled away with his neck stabilized. McCaw, who appeared to be trying to dunk, did a scissor kick in the air over Carter\u2019s right shoulder before landing hard on his troublesome back.
Kerr swore and was visibly frustrated and hollered \u201cHe knows better,\u201d referring to Carter, before going out to the court to check on his second-year guard. Carter got close to McCaw and offered some words just before the stretcher was pulled away. The two teams then gathered in a huddle before the game resumed after about a 10-minute delay.
\u201cI remember his foot hitting the side of my leg, that\u2019s it,\u201d Carter said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to sit here and complain about a flagrant when a man can\u2019t feel his legs.\u201d
Carter said he approached members of the Warriors after the game and apologized. He appreciated the kind words from the Warriors but couldn\u2019t get his mind off seeing McCaw on the floor.
\u201cIt\u2019s all well and good but still a young man is trying to get his feeling back and that\u2019s my concern,\u201d Carter said. \u201cRegardless of how it happened, accident, all of the things that they were telling me, you still want to see him OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

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