Curry gets MRI; Kerr takes issue with Smart
Steph Curry injured his left foot at the 4:17 mark of the second quarter when his leg got rolled on by…
Kendra AndrewsESPN
SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry was ruled out of the second half of Wednesday night’s 110-88 loss to the Boston Celtics due to left foot soreness, and he underwent an MRI immediately after the game.
Asked about his level of concern surrounding Curry’s foot, Warriors coach Steve Kerr struggled and said, “We’ll know after the MRI.”
Curry injured his foot at the 4:17 mark of the second quarter when his leg got rolled on by the Celtics’ Marcus Smart as the two wrestled for a loose ball.
Kerr was shown yelling at Smart after the play.
“I thought it was a dangerous play,” Kerr said. “I thought Marcus dove into Steph, and that’s what I was upset about. A lot of respect for Marcus. He’s a hell of a player, a gamer, a competitor. I coached him in the World Cup a few summers ago. We talked after the game and we’re good. But I thought it was a dangerous play.”
After getting up, Curry tried to walk the pain off. He then was looked at on the bench during the ensuing timeout, but instead of returning to the court, he jogged back to the locker room.
His return was first labeled as questionable, but after being checked out through halftime, he was downgraded to out.
Curry had just three points on 1-of-4 shooting in 14 minutes before exiting.
Curry’s injury comes just one game after the return of Draymond Green from a back injury kept him out two and a half months. Between that game on Monday and Wednesday’s game, Curry, Green and Klay Thompson have played a total of just 11 minutes together this season. And the Warriors have yet to play a game with all five of their regular starters — Curry, Green, Thompson, Kevon Looney and Andrew Wiggins.
“Adversity hits everybody at any time, and you just roll with it and you keep moving forward,” Kerr said. “So hopefully Steph will be OK.”
“Injuries are part of the game,” Juan Toscano-Anderson said. “It happens. Unfortunately it’s happening to us a lot, as of late. But we talk about our depth, so we have to make that one alive. We can’t just talk about it.”
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