Moses Moody of the Golden State Warriors lays on the court after being inured during overtime of the game against the Dallas Mavericks
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Moses Moody of the Golden State Warriors lays on the court after being inured during overtime of the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on March 23, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.
Golden State Warriors guardMoses Moody has been at the epicenter of the basketball universe ever since suffering a terrible lower body injury during his team’s victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.
Moody, 23, was in the midst of one of his best games of the season, scoring 23 points and knocking down four 3-pointers.
Without superstar point guardStephen Curry in the lineup, the Warriors have had to carry over a next-man-up type of mentality, and Moody had been most thriving with increased opportunity.
However, all of that came crashing down as he hit the deck in Dallas, immediately letting everyone in the arena know something unfortunate had just taken place.
Golden State is now left having to drag out this forgettable season. While the franchise is mathematically far from being eliminated from postseason contention, it suddenly feels like the life has been sucked out of the team.
Warriors’ Athletic Trainer Emotional After Seeing Moses Moody
In what appeared like a routine breakaway layup, Moody dashed down the other end of the court to cash in the easiest two points of the night. Instead, what happened was a potentially career-altering moment.
Moody went down hard, signifying that he had gotten hurt. But with no defender in around Moody, it instantly appeared like something freak had happened. That was the case exactly.
Everyone was visibly disturbed by the moment and couldn’t believe what had just happened, but that is often the case anytime something so unpredictable like a freak injury happens out of the blue.
Rick Celebrini, the Warriors’ head athletic trainer, was clearly needed right away, and he would get the worst possible view anyone could ask for.
According to Nick Friedell of The Athletic, Celebrini was visibly dejected and appeared at a loss for words once he checked on Moody after the rising star guard went through initial testing.
“He walked out the X-ray room and he was just stone-faced — just emotional with what was going on,” Friedelltold 95.7 The Game. “He helped Moses kind of crutch to the locker room. Then they got Moses showered and he changed clothes and then it was Celebrini who wheeled him out of the arena and it was awful.”
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Warriors Challenged to Move on Despite Rough Injury Luck
It has not been a season to boast about in any way.
Seemingly from the top to the bottom of the roster, players have missed extended time this season. This latest injury to Moody is simply a gut-wrenching reminder of what the 2025-26 campaign has come to for the franchise that has won four NBA titles since the 2014 season.
Before Moody went down, Warriors fans were clinging to hope that Curry wouldsoon get cleared to return to lineup and, from there, Golden State would be able to turn its season around and become a worthy foe for any team in the first round of the playoffs.
Now things look and feel different. So suddenly.
The team is still firmly grasping the final play-in spot in the Western Conference, so there is that to be thankful for, but there quite frankly cannot be much expected of a team this battered and bruised.
Golden State is at home tonight for a game against the struggling Brooklyn Nets. Perhaps the loss of Moody can bring out some energy and intensity in the Warriors over their final few games.