Stephen Curry fans who have been waiting for updates on his injury may have reason to smile, as their idol might be ready to play in Game 3 of the Golden States Warriors’ Western Conference series versus the Portland Trailblazers. They made us better….
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Madison Bumgarner pitches through rain to extend his scoreless streak at Citi Field to 18 innings, Hunter Pence homers and drives in three runs, and the Giants run at will against Mets starter Noah Syndergaard in a 6-1 victory that stops New York’s eight-game winning streak.
After Portland’s Game 1 loss, Lillard took the podium and sounded under the weather. Don’t be surprised if we start seeing teams drafting big backcourt players in the very near future, or simply turn small forwards into shooting guards. Those odds appear much greater for the Warriors in Game 3. They know their offense will come given this team’s depth and many playmakers.
“He’s progressing well. We need to get him on the court”, Kerr said.
A report from the Oregonian states that Curry has a “slim” chance to return for Game 2 in a second-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. One of them, Draymond, messed around and got a triple-double.
“They’re a first-quarter team”, Portland head coach Terry Stotts said of the Warriors.
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Portland star point guard Damian Lillard was 3 for 17 until his 5-for-9 fourth-quarter surge, C.J. McCollum was 5 for 17 in the game and center Mason Plumlee did not make a shot in seven attempts. The Trail Blazers were 2-of-18 when Green or Bogut contested a shot. Lillard ended the game with 30 points on 26 shots, which the Warriors will take any game this series. “It was awesome. At that point, I wasn’t sure I belonged out there so to hear Larry Bird say my name was pretty cool”. “We’ve just got to understand they’re a good first-quarter team”. I went out and Larry Bird gave me a fist bump and said, ‘Good luck, Steve, ‘ and I nearly fainted. If you allow them to be comfortable, you allow them to get those perimeter shots comfortably, being close to them isn’t close enough. You’re not going to come in here and get anything easy.
Curry suffered an ankle injury during Game Four, after a bad fall during halftime where he slipped on a wet spot on the floor.
“I thought our guys did a good job just in terms of making everything hard”.
“It just depends how his week goes”, Kerr said of Curry’s status for Game 3, as reported by the ESPN.
And Curry probably will be back by the end of this series, anyway.
It wasn’t like the Trail Blazers quit after that.
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“Well, we can’t look at it that way, Lillard said”. But the most interesting scenario of this whole story was that Stephen Curry has played the role of mascot of the team, sitting on the bench and inspiring continuously by cheers.
