Steph exits the game after JaVale lands on his left leg pic.twitter.com/oxuJkHe2N0
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 24, 2018
OAKLAND – You’re not going to believe it…but Stephen Curry left Friday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks with another injury.
It happened in the third quarter, in the middle of a run in which the Warriors took the lead for the first time since the beginning of the first quarter. JaVale McGee went up for a block, fell and landed on Curry’s left leg. Warriors PR tweeted the following:
Injury update: Stephen Curry (left knee strain) will not return to tonight's game.
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) March 24, 2018
Before the Hawks took their foul shots, Curry hobbled around the court as the Oracle Arena crowd made a noise that sounded like 10,000 people saying “are you kidding me” at the same time. Kerr immediately took Curry out of the game, as the training staff whisked Curry into the locker room.
This is the fifth injury for Curry this season. Friday night is his first game back since rolling his ankle agains the Spurs earlier in March. He missed six games before coming back to play against Atlanta.