The Golden State Warriors are getting excellent news on Steph Curry’s well being, all issues thought of.
Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Friday that an MRI has revealed that the Warriors star Curry solely suffered a contusion throughout his fall in Thursday’s recreation towards the Toronto Raptors. Curry didn’t endure any structural harm because of the tumble.
Charania does word although that Curry is anticipated to overlook the beginning of Golden State’s upcoming six-game highway journey as he receives therapy over the subsequent few days. The Warriors head to Atlanta to face the Hawks on Saturday after which play 5 extra highway video games after that by Apr. 3.
The previous NBA MVP Curry took a troublesome spill in the course of the third quarter of Golden State’s eventual 117-114 win over Toronto. He was driving to the basket and went airborne between two defenders to throw a move however got here down laborious on his again and tailbone space, leading to an audible thudding sound (video here).
Curry, who was already nursing a earlier again harm, needed to exit the sport and didn’t return. He completed the night time with 17 factors in his 25 minutes of play.
A few of Curry’s Warriors teammates sounded a bit concerned after the contest when discussing his injury. Whereas the 37-year-old Curry, who’s averaging 24.1 factors and 6.0 assists in 32.1 minutes per recreation this season, will nonetheless probably should miss at the very least a recreation or two, the outcomes of his MRI listed below are very a lot an encouraging growth.