Team USA Basketball Scrimmage: Score and Twitter Reaction from Blue vs. White

August 1st, 2014 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

The USA Basketball Showcase at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas was called off early after Paul George suffered a horrific leg injury in the fourth quarter. 

Busted Coverage quickly provided video of the injury. (Caution: Injury is gruesome in nature.)

The Pacers supplied Larry Bird's statement on George's injury:



NBA on ESPN also had Adam Silver's statement on the injury:

George eventually addressed Twitter as well:

The Indiana Pacers star went up to block a James Harden layup on the fast break, but when he came down, his foot was caught in the stanchion of the basket, causing his leg to bend in an unnatural manner, per ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst:



Both teams held a prayer on the court after the injury, per NBA on ESPN:



George's teammate Roy Hibbert spoke for everybody with this tweet:



LeBron James tweeted out his best wishes to the two-time All-Star:



After assessing the nature of the injury and situation, Team USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski decided to call the gam ...

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