Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry limped off the floor at the Target Center early in the first half on Tuesday night with a hamstring injury.
Curry, in the second quarter of the Warriors’ Game 1 matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals, suddenly pulled up and reached for his left hamstring while on defense. He tried to bring the ball up the court, and seemed uncomfortable, and then reached for it again after trying, and failing, to make a floater in the middle of the lane.
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Curry then immediately called for a sub and limped off the floor directly to the locker room at the next timeout.
The Warriors quickly ruled him out of the game with a left hamstring strain before halftime. It’s unclear how severe the injury is, or how long he may be sidelined. He had 13 points, one rebound and one assist while shooting 5-of-9 from the field with three 3-pointers when he left.
If Curry is out for any significant amount of time, it could quickly alter the series completely. The Warriors are just 48 hours removed from their road win over the Houston Rockets in Game 7 of the previous series, too, so Curry didn’t have much rest. He played 46 minutes in that contest. There is only one day of rest between each game in this series until after Game 5, too, so there isn’t a lot of time for Curry to recover.
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Timberwolves forward Naz Reid left the game in the first half with an apparent hamstring injury, too. He dove for a loose ball and hit fans sitting courtside, and then limped off and went back to the locker room. He came back to the bench for the second half, and was available to return.
Despite going up against a Curry-less Warriors team, the Timberwolves couldn’t take advantage whatsoever on Tuesday. Minnesota had just 11 points in the second quarter as a group, which left them with just 31 points at the break. Anthony Edwards was held scoreless in the first 24 minutes, too, after he shot 0-of-8 from the field. The Timberwolves went 0-of-15 from behind the arc as a team.
The Warriors took a 44-31 lead into halftime. The 31 points they allowed was the fewest ever in the shot clock era in team history.
This post will be updated with more information shortly.
