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Injured Curry faces 2-week layoff
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IF the Golden State Warriors want to cap a record-setting season with a second straight NBA title, they will need to survive the next two weeks without their best player.
Stephen Curry is expected to miss at least two weeks with a Grade 1 sprain of the MCL in his right knee, dealing an unexpected blow to the Warriors’ hopes of repeating as champions.
“From our perspective, it’s relatively good news,” general manager Bob Myers said on Monday. “Clearly we don’t want to be here getting MRIs at this point of the season, especially someone of Steph’s stature. ... But mechanically the knee is intact, so that’s good.”
Myers said the two-week estimate was an educated guess based on how players typically respond to similar injuries, but cautioned the absence could be three weeks or possibly slightly shorter.
The team will have a better handle on how long Curry will be out after about a week but Curry will miss the rest of the first round of the playoffs and almost assuredly the start of the second round if the Warriors advance. Golden State leads Houston 3-1 heading into Game 5 at home today. “If it’s not two weeks, don’t go crazy,” Myers said. “If it’s before that, great. If it’s after, it’s after.”
Curry, 28, was injured on the final play of the first half of Sunday’s 121-94 win in Houston when he slid awkwardly on a wet spot on the court and fell. He immediately grabbed his knee and jogged with a limp to the locker room.
Curry came out with the team after halftime, but sat on the bench for most of the warmup time. After talking with coaches, he returned to the locker room with his second injury of the series. Curry had missed the previous two games with a sprained right ankle.
Curry rallied against the gloom with a message to wellwishers on Twitter.
“Thanks 4 all the prayers & messages. Can feel all the positive energy. God is Great! All things considered I‘m Gonna be alright! #DubNation,” he wrote.
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