Five Key Stories: 3/10/18 – 3/17/18

In case you missed any of the past week’s top stories from around the NBA, we have you covered with our Week in Review. Below are the most noteworthy stories from the last seven days.

The Warriors will be without Stephen CurryKlay Thompson, and Kevin Durant for the foreseeable future after Thompson was diagnosed with a fractured right thumb and Durant suffered an incomplete rib cartilage fracture. Thompson will miss the next several games at the very least and Durant will be out at least two weeks. The Warriors lost to the Kings last night, at home, without the three All-Stars.

Celtics’ guard Marcus Smart is expected to miss six to eight weeks after being diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right thumb. Based on this timetable, Smart would be on track to return around the end of the first round of the playoffs. The Celtics will also be without forward Daniel Theis for the remainder of the season after he tore the meniscus in his left knee.

Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, who has missed 19 games with a broken bone in his left hand, is planning to return to action this week, approximately seven to eight weeks after suffering the injury. Love hopes to be ready for the team’s March 23 game against Phoenix, but isn’t ready to set an exact return date.

The Mavericks are expected to be without swingman Wesley Matthews for the remainder of the 2017/18 season while he rests and rehabs a stress fracture in his right leg. Dallas is out of the playoff picture and has already been warned for tanking, so the absence of Matthews shouldn’t be a big issue for the team.

Kent Bazemore will miss the remainder of the 2017/18 season after suffering a bone bruise in his right knee against the Bulls on Sunday. Like Dallas, the tanking Hawks are not in the playoff hunt, so the club likely won’t be too devastated to lose one of their more productive rotation players.

Here are 14 more headlines from last week:

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