Warriors positive about Steph Curry's dislocated finger
Golden State’s NBA Finals prospects have received a big boost with positive news around Steph Curry’s dislocated finger.
Curry practiced with Warriors teammates on Thursday, despite suffering the worrying injury to the middle finger on his left hand during Tuesday’s Game 2 win over the Houston Rockets.
Reports out of Oakland are that Curry shot well and looked fine while practicing with tape around the injured finger.
However, it appears as though the point guard is battling some lingering issues.
Curry still dealing with pain
The Warriors are on their second of three days off before Saturday’s Game 3. According to head coach Steve Kerr, Curry welcomes the time to manage his pain.
“It’s probably good we have a few days off,” Kerr told reporters. “So hopefully the pain will continue to go down as we get closer to game time.”
Curry practiced without restrictions and didn’t seem to be too affected when he returned to Tuesday’s game with his finger taped, so it sounds like he’ll be in good shape for Saturday.
Last night, Steph Curry dislocated his finger BUT returned minuets later 🙁… He then hit a couple threes, BLOCKED a 7 footer, DUNKED, and hit a Circus half court shot too! 😂🔥 (he made that half court shot with one hand…)#stephencurry #stephcurry #stephen #curry #gsw pic.twitter.com/8H5AJInj2Y
— StepCurry30P (@Stepcurry30P) May 2, 2019
Thompson confident Curry will be fine
Teammate and fellow sharpshooter Klay Thompson told reporters he was confident in Curry’s powers of recovery.
“It’s not that fun,” Thompson said. “But I know Steph. He’ll get it back.
“Dislocated finger, it sucks. But luckily, you can pop it right back in place and it’s not the end of the world. It’s not torn ligaments or anything. So he’ll toughen it out.”
Curry wasn’t the only former MVP to cop a nasty injury in Game 2. Rockets guard James Harden suffered a lacerated eyelid after Draymond Green inadvertently scraped him across the face while battling for a rebound.
He later returned to the game with bloodshot eyes but after a post-match eye exam, the Rockets are confident his vision will be fine for Game 3.
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