Stephen Curry had to leave the court early in the duel between the Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls. The point guard suffered a sprained ankle with 4 minutes left that forced him to be substituted, preventing him from helping his team avoid a 123-125 defeat against Illinois.
Those from San Francisco have not yet communicated what their condition is or what the severity of the illness is. Steve Kerr stated in a press conference that, upon returning to the locker room, Steph had ice on her right foot, but he could not offer any concrete information about what happened. His colleagues, for his part, did hint that they will have to face the occasional encounter without him, although it is not clear if they have information about it or it is simple intuition.
“We’re going to miss him if he needs rest,” commented Klay Tompson. «We have been in this position before and we have to respond as a team. I know that when he returns he will be ready to give it his all, whenever that may be. “I can only wish him a speedy recovery.”
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Steph suffered the sprain during a drive to the basket in which, with the help of Coby White, it appears that he tried to stop or change direction. The point guard had 15 points so far in a very discreet performance by his standards, especially in terms of success (3/12 in triples), but his team would have undoubtedly liked to have him on the court in the final stretch, which It ended with a partial score of 10-16 for the visitors.
Decisive DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan was largely responsible for this, putting his team behind him in the clutch once again. The forward, top scorer of the game along with Nikola Vucevic with 33 points, scored two consecutive baskets in the last minute that kept the Bulls ahead, searching as usual for his zone in the middle distance and even forcing the 2+1 in a of them. With 9 of his points in the final stretch, he gave Chicago its 31st victory of the course, which consolidates them in a ninth position in which it seems they will finish the regular league.
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2024-03-08 10:00:00
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