Steph Curry left the Warriors’ game Thursday night against the Raptors after taking a hard fall late in the third quarter. He was ruled out for the game with a pelvic contusion.
Curry dribbled into the lane and jumped near the hoop to make a pass, then collided with Toronto’s Jonathan Mogbo and Colin Castleton, falling awkwardly on his lower back.
The 37-year-old superstar stayed down on the ground underneath the Warriors’ basket while the play went the other way, then Toronto called timeout.
A Golden State trainer came out to check on Curry, who walked to the bench and eventually to the locker room holding his lower back.
Curry, facing focused individual defense from Toronto, had just made two layups as he tried to bring the Warriors back from a surprising deficit against the struggling Raptors. He had 17 points in 25 minutes at the time of his fall, making 6 of his 8 attempts from the field and 2 of 4 from 3-point range.
The Warriors rested Curry Tuesday night in a win over the Bucks to keep him fresh down the stretch run as coach Steve Kerr said he was “exhausted.”
Beyond his absence Tuesday, Curry has not missed a game since Jan. 28, when he sat the first half of a back-to-back set against the Jazz. He has played 59 of the Warriors’ 69 games so far this season.
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Source: Paradise Post