Warriors superstar Steph Curry expected to miss 'multiple weeks' with leg injury: report

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The Golden State Warriors are reportedly expected to beryllium without superstar defender Steph Curry for "multiple weeks" with a near limb injury, according to The Athletic.

Curry near Saturday night’s 119-113 triumph implicit the Dallas Mavericks astatine the extremity of the 3rd 4th with an evident limb injury. His contiguous X-ray came backmost negative, but Golden State was expected to get an MRI for Curry connected Sunday to find the damage.

The effect intelligibly isn’t what they wanted to see.

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"Any clip a feline gets an MRI, there’s a interest level," caput manager Steve Kerr said post-game via ESPN. "We’ll conscionable person to hold and spot the results. … This has happened many, galore times implicit the years. So, fingers crossed he’s OK."

"If he’s out, past we determination forward, and we bash person immoderate games to look at, immoderate crippled movie to look at. We’ll beryllium ready, regardless," helium continued.

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The wounded occurred erstwhile Curry’s near genu collided with defender McKinley Wright IV’s knee. After the Mavericks called a time-out, Curry was seen limping to the Warriors’ seat wherever trainers instantly began to analyse him. After review, Curry limped to the locker country and was aboriginal ruled retired of the game.

He near aft dropping 21 points, which was inactive a team-high successful the end, with 7 assists.

Two nights earlier against the Denver Nuggets, Curry deed the aforesaid genu portion playing, though Kerr didn’t accidental if Saturday’s wounded was related to that one.

Curry has already missed important clip this play aft suffering a near enarthrosis subluxation, forcing him to beryllium sidelined 11 games.

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Curry was besides named to his 3rd consecutive All-Star appearance, being named a starter for the Western Conference arsenic he’s averaging 29.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game. Now, the NBA is apt to find a replacement for Curry arsenic NBA All-Star Weekend kicks disconnected successful 2 weeks.

Jordan Poole, the team’s starting constituent guard, volition apt instrumentality implicit Curry’s workload arsenic helium did successful those 11 games helium missed. In his 4th season, Poole is averaging a career-high 20.5 points with 2.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.

The Warriors are 1 crippled implicit .500 (27-26) aft their triumph connected Saturday. They presently beryllium seventh successful the Western Conference.

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