Stephen Curry pulled up limp in the first half of the Warriors’ second-round playoff opener, eventually made his way to the visitors’ locker room inside Target Center and never returned to the court Tuesday night.
Curry grabbed at his left hamstring midway through the second quarter, and it didn’t take long for him to be ruled out for the remainder of the night. According to the Warriors, Curry was diagnosed with a left hamstring strain.
He began to show signs of discomfort after draining a 3-pointer at the 9:22 mark and then a floater on the next possession to bring his first-half scoring total to 13 points. But he motioned to Brandin Podziemski on the bench, Steve Kerr called timeout, and Curry departed for tunnel.
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It goes without saying that the Warriors can’t stand to lose their superstar, and another ailment is the last thing Curry needs. The 37-year-old sharpshooter has already battled multiple health issues this season, most recently a banged up right thumb which continues to force him to wear a bandage.
After requiring the play-in tournament to make the playoffs and then seven games to advance past the second-seeded Houston Rockets, Curry and the Warriors entered the second-round series against Minnesota already operating on fumes.
They were forced to play Game 4 against Houston without Curry’s second-in-command, Jimmy Butler, who took a hard fall in Game 3 and continues to manage a pelvic and deep gluteal muscle contusion.
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