11:46am: Curry will miss Monday’s game vs. Oklahoma City as the Warriors continue to evaluate his injury, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic, who tweets that it might take a couple days for the team to officially announce a diagnosis and timeline for the All-Star guard.
8:35am: The Warriors got a win over Dallas on Saturday night, but lost their star player along the way, as Stephen Curry exited in the third quarter due to an apparent left knee injury.
According to Kendra Andrews of ESPN, X-rays on Curry’s knee were negative, but he’s undergoing an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.
The injury occurred when Curry was defending Mavericks guard McKinley Wright IV with just over two minutes left in the third quarter. The two players’ knees appeared to collide on Wright’s drive and Curry immediately came up limping (video link). The two-time MVP, who was called for a foul on the play, checked out of the game, was briefly examined on the bench, then made his way to the locker room.
The Warriors won’t have a clear sense of whether Curry will have to miss time – and how long an absence might last – until they get the results of the MRI.
“Any time a guy gets an MRI, there’s a concern level,” head coach Steve Kerr said, per Andrews. “We’ll just have to wait and see the results. … This has happened many, many times over the years. So fingers crossed he’s OK.”
Curry has only missed one extended stretch of games so far this season — he sat out 11 contests in December and January due to a left shoulder subluxation. He was unavailable for four other games over the course of the season, but three of those were rest nights on the second halves of back-to-back sets.
The 34-year-old has been playing at his usual All-NBA level so far this season, averaging 29.4 points, 6.4 assists, and 6.3 rebounds in 38 games (34.6 MPG), with an eye-popping shooting line of .495/.427/.922.
Wait, is it his left knee or his whiney?
Captain Mouthguard needs to get that looked at…statim
getting fitted for another ring to throw in your face.
Why would they fit him again? Wouldn’t his fingers be the same size? Lol sick burn…
that was weak. Next one is for the thumb. Greatest shooter of all time.
Lol @ thumb ring maybe they can measure him for a WCF anklet while their at it rotfl
I saw it. Looked to me like bone on bone smack. That hurts man. Hope he’s ok. I think it’s just a bad bone bruise. Needs rest.
The previous game same thing happened to him so probably a bone bruise.
In the postseason you need no more than 10 players. Who’s Warriors 2nd five? And how do we upgrade at this juncture of the season?
Poole, Donte, Kuminga, JaMychal, Iggy(??)
What about Jerome and Lamb? Do Warriors really play down the stretch and postseason without them???
If Jerome is the alternative than the warriors do not make the playoffs. When Jerome and Poole are on the court at the same time there is no defense to stop easy buckets.
W’s dont have luxury like last yr to rest their vets down the stretch. Major problem. :(
They are losing games that winning teams do not lose. the defense is not very good when you have 2 way players in way too much.
Wiseman and Kuminga should be further along imo. There’s no way they shouldn’t be part of rotation by now.
Kuminga is now playing every night at a high level.
Kuminga is contributing pretty consistently now. He seems to have absorbed the fact that his ticket to getting regular minutes is defending and moving the ball on offense. Wiseman is another story. He does not fit in the Warriors offense (in particular with the Steph/Klay/Dray lineup) and is a liability on defense. The Warriors are not in position to give him minutes that cost them games – especially since he is most likely gone after this season if not sooner.