Previously, in a game of the Warriors, the Warriors star Stephen Curry was directly injured because he was pressed into the leg by Smart, resulting in a sore left foot, and many fans after the game were worried that Curry's injury would be too serious, and even affected the Warriors' prospects for winning the championship this year, and according to the latest news, Curry's accidental injury should still have a great impact.
According to US media reporter Jordan Schultz, a Warriors source told him that Stephen Curry is expected to be out for 3 weeks due to a sprained toe. No other prominent journalist has followed up on Curry's specific recovery time. But if jordan Schultz's report is true, it basically means that Curry is already reimbursed for the regular season this season.
The good news, of course, is that if Curry can get back to health in 3 weeks, he can still catch up with the playoffs. But after that, the Warriors have to suffer a lot of tests. After losing this game, the Warriors are third in the West with a record of 47 wins and 23 losses, and one win away from the second place Grizzlies in the West, which means that the Warriors are not without hope of returning to second place in the West, but after the lack of Curry, it will undoubtedly be more difficult to regain second place in the West.
It should be noted that if the Warriors finally enter the playoffs with a third-place record in the West, then their first-round opponent is most likely the Nuggets, although the Nuggets' record this season is not too good, but they are after all Jokic, who has the hope of winning the MVP this year, the All-Star interior line seems to be at its peak this season, personal status and high-level data are terrifying, and his dominance on the inside will undoubtedly bring trouble to the Warriors' short lineup.
In such a situation, even if Curry can return in the first round of the playoffs, no one can be sure how much the foot injury will affect his state. A very similar example is last year's Lakers, last season's Lakers after Anthony Davis was injured, still all the way up, relying on James's hot state, at that time James even had the hope of competing for the MVP of the season, but in the game with the Eagles, James suffered a similar injury to Curry in this game, in a scramble, James was hit by Hill's ankle, directly injured and left the court.
After that, the Lakers' record declined all the way, although at the end of the season they finally welcomed back James, but the ankle injury always plagued James, and let his state plummet, without the dominance of the beginning of the season, and eventually led to the Lakers being eliminated by the Suns in the playoffs. Therefore, it can be said that no one knows Curry's pain better than James, and even from the replay footage of this game, Curry's injury may be more serious than that of James at that time.
Therefore, if Curry returns when the time comes, he will encounter the same problems as James last season, and he will never find the best game state, then once he encounters the Nuggets in the playoffs, it may really be more sinister. Even if you barely pass the Nuggets, meet the Grizzlies or the Suns, if the Warriors don't have a 100% healthy, full-fledged Curry, it is almost impossible to rush out of the West. With that in mind, it's no wonder that Green, Kerr, and others are so frustrated by Curry's injury this season, after all, if the Warriors collapse because of this injury this season, it will be really more difficult for Curry and others to win the championship next season when they are one year older.