MINNEAPOLIS — The Golden State Warriors are planning to play with out Stephen Curry for a minimum of the following three video games of their second-round collection towards Minnesota, after an MRI examination on Wednesday confirmed a gentle pressure of the star guard’s left hamstring.
The Warriors mentioned Curry can be sidelined a minimum of every week after the damage Tuesday night time pressured him out early in second quarter of Sport 1, which they went on to win 99-88. He had 13 factors in 13 minutes to assist Golden State construct a cushty lead and take home-court benefit away from the Timberwolves.
Sport 2 is in Minneapolis on Thursday, earlier than the collection strikes west to San Francisco for Sport 3 on Saturday and Sport 4 on Monday. The earliest return for Curry seems to be Sport 5 on Might 14, which is conveniently adopted by three straight off days earlier than Sport 6 on Might 18.
Curry missed a number of video games due to accidents throughout the 2016 and 2018 playoffs, absences the Warriors endured on their approach to the NBA Finals. They misplaced to Cleveland in seven video games for the 2016 championship, and so they swept the Cavaliers in 2018 for a 3rd title in 4 years.
This Golden State roster hardly stacks as much as these predecessors, nonetheless, when Curry and Draymond Inexperienced have been a lot youthful and different standouts like Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala have been integral to their success. In 2018, they’d Kevin Durant, too.
For now, the Warriors have been feeling good in regards to the all-hands-on-deck effort led by Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield and Inexperienced in Sport 1, during which coach Steve Kerr performed 12 completely different gamers.
