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Reaction to Stephen Curry’s left hand injury suffered Wednesday night was swift and universal:
“Are you kidding me?”
It appeared to be an innocent play. Curry attempted to split two defenders on his way to the bucket. He fell to the floor. While he was bracing on the floor, the Phoenix Suns’ Aron Baynes fell on Curry. Baynes later apologized to Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “It was just a random basketball play,” Kerr said. “So stuff happens.”
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There was no immediate official diagnosis nor prognosis — other than the Warriors, who already had been reduced to a drum and fife corps, are now in a world of hurt.
Ayesha Curry tweeted a message of thanks and positivity.
Our entire family thanks you all for the love and support and PRAYERS for Stephen. When the love surpasses life’s hurdles there is NOTHING you can’t overcome. We stand in our belief of impact over legacy. This is Gods way of showing him, you, I , us how to “trust the process”.
— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) October 31, 2019
“It’s hard,” Draymond Green told The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears. “Makes things harder. But just got to keep playing and trying to figure it out. I just wish we got one practice with our team. We didn’t even get one practice (together). Not a single one.”
“I saw it happen,” Warriors owner Joe Lacob told ESPN. “So obviously sad. It’s not good. But sort of a silver lining maybe, because some of our young players are going to get an opportunity to play. So I like our young players a heck of a lot. So I think it’s a silver lining. Ironically, I’m an optimist, so we’ll see what happens.”
Such is the status that Curry commands in the NBA that opponents were praying for his quick recovery.
Before his postgame interview started, Patrick Beverley stopped to say he offered “prayers up” for Steph Curry. “He’s been my brother since college … that’s wild. He’ll be back though.”
— Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) October 31, 2019
Ex-teammate Kevin Durant, on a scheduled appearance on ESPN’s First Take Thursday morning, sent his well wishes:
“I mean, luckily it wasn’t anything more serious than that, you know, especially seeing Klay out for the whole season and myself out for the whole year. So sure he’ll be back playing again, but it was tough to see him just break his hand on TV.
“I mean, he’s been doing so much and the team is still transitioning and it’s a new group and a young group. He’s trying to do so much and having him out is going to be tough for them to sustain. Hopefully he gets back and gets healthy.”
Baynes himself addressed Curry’s injury with media members before taking postgame questions, according to The Athletic’s Gina Mizell:
“Feel terrible for what happened to Steph. It’s unfortunate. You never want to see someone go down and get hurt, let alone be a part of it. Best wishes to him and hope he has a speedy recovery.”
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