Nothing puts a knot in the stomach of Warriors fans like watching Stephen Curry limp back to the locker room.
That’s what Warriors fans saw – again – in the team’s home opener on Sunday night. Curry tweaked his ankle in the third quarter, tried to stretch it and return in the fourth, but quickly made it worse trying to set a screen on the Clippers’ Nicholas Butum and immediately limped back to the locker room.
Curry did not return to the game with what the team called a sprained ankle. After the Clippers’ 112-104 win, coach Steve Kerr said Curry described the sprain as “mild” and “moderate” and that MR would tell them more on Monday.
Curry finished the night with 18 points and four made 3-pointers, but the rest of the quarter was a reminder of what a tough ride it will be for Golden State coming in without Curry, the team’s leading shot creator. While the remaining Warriors were able to get the Clippers’ lead in the game down to as low as three, they could not get over the hump and lost in the end 112-114.
The Warriors are now 2-1 on the season and host the New Orleans Pelicans – a team with their own injury problems as Trey Murphy III and Dejounte Murray is out – in back-to-back Games on Tuesday and Wednesday. After that, the Warriors go on a five-game road trip.
