Minneapolis – The Golden State Warriors plan to play Without Stephen Curry For at least the next three games of his second round series against Minnesota, after a magnetic resonance examination on Wednesday he confirmed a slight tension of the left -speakers of the star guard.
The Warriors said Curry would be marginalized at least a week after the injury on Tuesday night forced him to leave at the beginning of the second quarter of game 1, which they won 99-88. He had 13 points in 13 minutes to help Golden State build a comfortable advantage and take the advantage of the court to the Timberwolves house.
Game 2 is in Minneapolis on Thursday, before the series moves west to San Francisco for game 3 on Saturday and game 4 on Monday. The earliest return for Curry seems to be game 5 on May 14, which is conveniently followed for three direct days before game 6 on May 18.
Curry lost multiple games due to injuries during the 2016 and 2018 playoffs, absences that Warriors suffered on their way to the NBA finals. They lost to Cleveland in seven games for the 2016 championship, and swept the Cavaliers in 2018 for a third title in four years.
However, this list of Golden State barely meets those predecessors, when Curry and Draymond Green were much younger and other prominent such as Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala were an integral part of their success. In 2018, they also had Kevin Durant.
For now, the Warriors felt good with the effort of all their hands on the deck led by Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield and Green in game 1, in which coach Steve Kerr played 12 different players.
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