There was not much to celebrate for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 99-88 Game 1 Defeat against the Golden State WarriorsBut the biggest news was the superstar Steph Curry who was going to the second quarter with an injury to the hamstrings and was then excluded from the match.
An MRI was set for Wednesday, and ESPN reported that Curry has a strain of the left hamstrings and should miss “at least a week”. With matches every two days and match 5 a week next Wednesday, it seems that the match 6 would be the earliest that Curry could come back.
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The Warriors entered the series against Timberwolves as Outsiders for the first time in more than a decadeand their chances have shortened from +150 to +135 to Betmgm After their victory in the first match, while Minnesota went from -180 to -160. However, after the Curry diagnosis report, the Warriors went from +135 to +165 and the Wolves went to -200 – larger favorites than they had been before match 1.
Golden State is a very different team without curry, and it's a high task to win three other matches in the series. Minnesota will probably not start as slowly or pull as badly as in match 1, when it scored 31 points in the first half and finished the competition by 17.2% from the range of 3 points out of 29 attempts.
Golden State is an outsider of 10.5 points in match 2 Thursday.
