Patrick McCaw on Vince Carter After Injury: 'I Know You Didn't Mean to Harm Me'

Golden State Warriors guard Patrick McCaw does not blame Sacramento Kings swingman Vince Carter for the injury he suffered during Saturday's contest.

While Carter appeared to undercut McCaw as he was going to the rim, causing a hard fall that resulted in the Warriors guard being stretchered off the floor, McCaw said on Twitter that he knew Carter didn't mean to hurt him:

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Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers! God definitely is watching over me, I'm blessed beyond measure! @mrvincecarter15 I know you didn't mean to harm me in any way! To my coaches, teammates, friends and family I love you guys so much for being there with me!!!

— Patrick McCaw (@PMcCaw0) April 2, 2018"

The Warriors announced Sunday that McCaw had been released from UC Davis Medical Center. They also noted the preliminary X-ray, CT scan and MRI all came back clear on what was deemed a lumbar spine contusion.   

Carter was assessed a flagrant-1 foul and was visibly upset on the floor in the aftermath of the incident. Both teams came together after the scary fall.

Despite the flagrant, McCaw wasn't the only one on the Warriors who didn't blame Carter for the play.

"I know Vince's spirit and his heart and I don't believe it was intentional at all," Kevin Durant said, per James Ham of NBC Bay Area. "It looked like he was just caught in the middle of wanting to get in the play and wanting to move out of the way. Pat was just coming so fast and it was just an unfortunate play. … Nobody in our locker room thinks Vince did that on purpose."

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was upset with Carter after McCaw's fall and even verbalized to an official that the veteran knows better, but in his postgame comments, Kerr seemed to empathize with how Carter must have felt.

"Vince felt horrible, he was out there next to him," Kerr said, per Ham. "Vince felt awful and Pat was in extreme pain. Everybody felt bad. All we can do is just hope we get a positive response from the hospital and we'll see. At this point, we don't know anything."

Chris Haynes of ESPN.com reported Carter approached Kerr and the rest of the Warriors coaching staff and apologized for the incident following Golden State's 112-96 victory.