Stephen Curry will be missing at least a week with a left-wingless leg strain he suffered on Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors announced on Wednesday.
The Warriors Star headed for the locker room before half-time in match 1 of the semi-final series of the West Conference against the Minnesota Timberwolves and did not return. Golden State still managed to ensure a 99-88 victory on the road to take a lead in the 1-0 series.
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The team confirmed that Curry had received a diagnosis of tension from grade 1 hamstrings and said that it would be evaluated again in a week. This means that Curry will at least miss matches 2, 3 and 4, and potentially match 5 next Wednesday evening. It is also the first tense muscle of Curry's career, so a chronology for his return will depend on his rehabilitation.
After marking a 14-foot float with 8:48 to play in the second quarter, Curry could be seen grabbing the leg and reporting to be underlying. He stayed on the ground for 29 seconds before the game was arrested and he drink directly in the locker room.
“He is obviously crushed,” said the Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. “But the guys came to get him and played a big match. And obviously, we are all concerned about Steph, but that is part of the game.”
In addition to his injury to the hamstrings, Curry was already playing with an injured thumb on his firing hand.
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Curry left the match with 13 points in 13 minutes. In his absence, Draymond Green anchored the defense of Golden State and forced Anthony Edwards to miss her first 10 shots on the ground. Green also scored 18 points and hit four 3 points with eight rebounds and six assists.
The former Timberwolves star, Jimmy Butler, whom the Warriors acquired Miami on the deadline for trade, had almost a triple-double with 20 points, 11 plates and eight assists. Buddy Hield also compensated for the absence of curry with 24 points and eight rebounds.
Golden State sealed the second round match with Minnesota after an exciting series of seven games against a young team from Houston Rockets.
