Daily News | Villanova’s Justin Moore said his advice from Kevin Durant “was a great feeling” after tearing his Achilles
NEW ORLEANS -- Justin Moore was still in the hospital last week when Jay Wright told him that Kevin Durant would be calling. Moore had ruptured his Achilles tendon, costing him the chance to play for Villanova in the Final Four and forcing him to prepare for a grueling rehab process.
“He called me right away. He facetimed me,” Moore said. “I wasn’t expecting that. I was still a little bit off from the medicine. That, right there, kind of snapped me out of it. It was a great feeling.” Moore flew to New Orleans on Sunday to join the Wildcats hours before a game that he would’ve played a key role in had his season not ended late in the second half of the Elite Eight win over Houston. He knew right away that the injury was serious.
“It was really nerve-wracking and hard for me. We were winning that game and playing great basketball as a team and going into the Final Four. I had no idea that this was going to happen. People saw me crying and stuff. It was a lot of emotions going through. I had to sit back and take it all in. My family was there and my teammates were there to help me. If I didn’t have them by my side, I don’t know where I’d be right now.
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