Golden State's Stephen Curry has sustained a Grade 1 left hamstring strain and will be ruled out for Game 2 against Minnesota on Thursday, sources tell ESPN. It's the first strained muscle of Curry's career, so exact return timetable is unclear due to first rehab like this.

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  5. If it’s the regular season he would definitely be out a couple of weeks. This is gonna be interesting how quick Steph can recover/maybe rush back

  8. Best case scenario for him, any worse than grade 1 and he would have likely been done for the season. 

  9. Does anyone have any examples of how long other players have come back from a Grade 1 hamstring?

  11. Grade 1 is usually a week minimum so that’s around Game 5 in a best-case scenario

  12. Dang this series got very interesting.

    GS holding on to win game 1 was huge.

    Wolves need to win game 2 and have no excuses now. This is a prime opportunity for them to make the WCF.

  18. Reminds me a lot of Harden’s hamstring injury in Game 1 of the 2021 playoffs vs the Bucks. He returned in Game 5 but clearly wasn’t right and that hamstring nagged him for the next year at least. Even if Curry returns in this series he’s almost certainly going to be limited.

    Edit: just looked it up, Harden said after the series he had a Grade 2 strain so maybe Curry will recover more quickly. The dude is also 37 and his game is predicated a lot on off ball movement so who knows

  19. Best case scenario right? Hopefully Playoff Jimmy can hold it down and the Buddy cycle restarted

  20. Definitely could’ve been worse but it’s gonna be tough sledding in this series. Really good for the Warriors that they were able to take game 1 on the road

  21. Warriors honestly gotta treat G2 like it’s G7, getting a 2-0 lead on the road and getting as much cushioning as possible for Steph to come back.

    Worst case scenario is Wolves going up 2-1 and now you need Steph to be ready for a G4.

  22. It’s a lot better news having won game 1. Even he if he’s back for game 4 worst case scenario they’re down 2-1

  23. Crazy this is his first muscle strain after all the running he does off the ball throughout his career

  24. best case scenario is game 5 imo, since they have few days off between 4 and 5 games

  25. In the 2019 Finals, Klay strained his left hamstring in Game 2, they made him sit out Game 3, he came back in Game 4 but then in Game 6 and it was his left ACL he tore on the landing after the mid-air collision with Danny Green. Obviously collision was the precursor to the injury, but weak hamstrings can put excess stress on the ACL and weaken its ability to absorb force properly on pivots, landings, etc. so it’s very possible that coming back so soon on a weakened hammy made him more susceptible. All of that’s to say is I’m sure there’s factors beyond his hamstring that they’re going/having to weigh heavily. Bouncing back from an even bigger injury at 37 is a hell of a lot different than mid-20s.

  26. OG anunoby game 2 round 2 last year. lowkey cost us the series. when he “came back” for game 7 he looked like he could hardly keep up a light jog.

  27. Huge break for the Wolves. If they can’t take the next two games against a Stephless Warriors they don’t deserve to see the conference finals.

  30. His hamstring lived long enough to kill Houston’s dreams.

    That man fucking hates our franchise.

  31. Lucky if we see him for game 4.

    Wolves have no excuse not to win this series

  32. Please don’t rush back steph, that’s how you make it worse

  35. If the Wolves lose game 2 then they deserve to lose the whole series.

  37. I hope they take it easy. KD came back from a calf injury and immediately tore his Achilles. At this level leg injuries if not managed properly can escalate into something you really don’t want.

  38. How did this guy go 16 years without straining any muscle? That’s wild

  39. Hamstring is fucked, thumb is fucked, Jimmys ass is banged up and Kerr has to summon the collective knowledge of every great NBA coach to make this shotty roster overachieve… this season should be fucked. If the Warriors win it all this will prolly be the best playoff run of all time.

  40. This series was always meant to be Jimmy and the bench vs the TWolves starters

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