A Warriors spokesperson said Tuesday that Curry is now had an MRI on the injured foot, per Diamond Lueng of the Bay Area News Group.
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They beat the Houston Rockets without Curry, 115-106 at Oracle Arena, to go up 2-0 in this series and send out a message to all other playoff teams.
Curry rolled his ankle in game one but his side easily accounted for the visitors in his absence with Klay Thompson scoring a career high – for the playoffs – 34 points while Andre Iguodala (18), Shaun Livingston (16) and Draymond Green (12 points, 14 rebounds) also pitched in.
That lack of specificity was further complicated by how Steve Kerr described the injury Monday before the Warriors’ Game 2 win over the Houston Rockets.
Steve Kerr is ready to coach the Golden State Warriors with Steph Curry seated next to him on the bench in Game 3 at Houston. “But fortunately we don’t play till Thursday and he’s got some time to get some treatment”. Kerr says Curry’s health is the priority. “But I do know that we have to look after his health because the competitor that he is, he’s going to want to play”. So, we’ll talk to him tomorrow and see where he is. After missing a shot, he was turning to get back on defense when he suffered the injury.
This was a feel-good win for the Warriors.
Kerr did note that Curry made the decision to sit out, and that he wasn’t there when the decision was made. “It’s the back of his foot, it’s the ankle, it’s something down there”. He scored 16 points, along with five rebounds and four assists, and shot 4 out of 14 from the field.
Harden and company closed the gap to three early in the fourth quarter, Jason Terry hitting a pair of free throws two minutes in, but Golden State practically put the game on ice a few minutes later with a run to extend the score to 99-86.
But to even think of a National Basketball Association playoff game in that fashion certainly rubbed some folks the wrong way, and the Rockets can’t be happy about that idea either.
Down by as many as 11 points in the first half, the Rockets got seven third-quarter points from Harden and rallied within three late in the period.
However, each then missed interior attempts that could have sliced the deficit to one, and the Warriors followed with Livingston’s hoops and a parade to the free-throw line, finally pushing the visitors an arm’s length away.
Even without Curry, or maybe especially without Curry, when they feel threatened and targeted, the Warriors proved that they’re the toughest, most stubborn team there is.
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Paul George scored 28 points and Monta Ellis had 15 for the Pacers, who host Game 3 on Thursday night.
