Paul George suffered a terrible leg injury

Indiana Pacers small forward Paul George suffered what appeared to be a serious right leg injury early in the fourth quarter and the game was subsequently called off.

As George flew down the floor in pursuit of opposing player James Harden, he slid into the base behind the basket and his leg wrenched in such a way that fans and players alike covered their eyes in disgust. It appeared to break just above his ankle. An official announcement of the injury has yet to be made.

"We don't really know, exactly (the extent of the injury),"said director of USA Basketball Jerry Colangelo. "Everyone saw what we saw, but that's for the medical team to decide, determine and then make the announcement about what it si and what's going to take place."

With players surrounding George and the crowd at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center nearly silent, George was taken out on a stretcher to loud applause.

George's parents were in attendance and came to the court as he was being attended to by the medical personnel.

"He appeared quite stoic," said Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski. "They allowed his father to touch him and to comfort him. I thought our trainers did a good job right away making sure that emotionally he was as good as possible."

Minutes later, Krzyzewski addressed the crowd moments later, announcing that the scrimmage would be cut short out of respect for George and his family.