Stephen Curry will be out of activity at least one week After suffering a distension in the tendon of the corva of the left leg in game 1 of the semifinals of the western conference of the NBA against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Now, the Californian team must discover how to supply the best shooter in history. Curry scored a float from the elbow when they were 8:48 for playing in the second quarter and when he fell made pain gestures. The ’30’ of the Warriors went to the dressing rooms and no longer returned to the staging of the Target Center.
For the second half of game 1, Steve Kerr, the Warriors coach, chose Gary Payton II as a curry replacement And that could be the first choice for game 2 against Minnesota. Payton can focus on defending Anthony Edwards or any ball handler of the Timberwolves and the responsibility of assembling the offensive of Golden State will be in charge of Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler.
Kerr increased his rotation of players to 12 after the injury of ’30’ And that meant seeing players like Gui Santos, Pat Spencer and Quinten Post with minutes in relevant phases of the game and not only garbage time. The latter did not shine statistically, but the team had its best scoring streak during the six minutes it had in the stalls and had a +/- of +14 assessment without taking a single shot, with a recovered rebound.
-Who replaced Curry during the regular season?
During the regular season, Curry was inactive in 12 games And in the first three, at the end of October and early November, its place in the initial quintet was taken by Moses Moody. In the subsequent meetings it was replaced by Lindy Waters III and Dennis Schroder, who are no longer part of the Californian franchise because they were sent to the Detroit Pistons to acquire Jimmy Butler in a exchange that involved four teams.
After the arrival of Butler after the deadline of changes, Moody became Curry’s usual replacement. However, Kerr modified his alignment on several occasions and Gary Payton II started in the last game that Curry was lost (against Miami Heat).
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