Stephen Curry Out vs. Magic Due to Thigh Injury; Shaun Livingston to Start

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry will miss Monday’s recreation towards the Orlando Magic due to a thigh contusion, in keeping with Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

Curry first suffered the harm Saturday towards the Philadelphia 76ers and was beforehand thought-about questionable.

Shaun Livingston will function the crew’s start line guard towards Orlando, whereas Quinn Cook will get minutes on the level off the bench, per Slater.

Roughly a half-decade in the past, Curry’s sturdiness was commonly in query. Ankle issues restricted him to 26 video games within the 2011-12 season, and the long-term issues about his well being led to his accepting a four-year, $44 million extension from the Warriors, which proved to be an enormous discount.

Golden State now not has that luxurious after signing Curry for 5 years and $201 million this offseason.

Starting in 2012-13, Curry hasn’t missed greater than 4 video games a yr in the course of the common season, and a few of these absences had been because of relaxation slightly than accidents.

The two-time MVP suffered a sprained proper MCL within the 2016 playoffs and did not look proper when he returned to the court docket. Curry’s harm performed a minor function within the Warriors’ blowing a Three-1 Finals lead.

Aside from that, although, he has largely prevented any harm points. He appeared in 79 video games in 2016-17, averaging 25.Three factors an evening.

As lengthy as Curry would not miss an prolonged time period, the Warriors can have greater than sufficient star energy between Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson to compensate for his absence.