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The Golden State Warriors lost Stephen Curry before the end of the game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. left leg hurts. No other details were given.
Curry left at the end of the second quarter and was ruled out shortly after the break. The injury occurred while Curry and Marcus Smart were chasing a lost ball. Smart dived and landed on Curry’s left leg. Shortly after the last signal sounded, it was announced that Curry get an MRI on his injured leg
Warriors coach Steve Kerr did not seem pleased with Smart’s aggressiveness in this situation. As you can see in this video, Kerr and Smart have been “talking” and you can draw your own conclusions about what this is all about.
Kerr obviously doesn’t like his star player’s foot being knocked out by an opponent, but Smart didn’t do anything wrong here. He was chasing a lost ball. We love to criticize NBA players for not playing hard, and that’s all Smart did here. He immediately collapsed to the floor, and in fact Curry stepped under him after Smart had already dived.
We will continue to update this story as more information becomes available on the specifics of Curry’s injury.