Steph Curry Keeps Aggravating His Shin Injury And Calls It A ‘Magnet’

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry aggravated his shin injury during a win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night, which is something that has happened quite often lately.

The Lakers would cut the deficit to 66-55 with 8:04 remaining in the third quarter, but that was as close as they’d get for the rest of the game.

The league’s reigning Most Valuable Player, Curry, missed three games with a lower leg injury but has played extended minutes in the last two games and seems to be back to his old self. “Long-term, it’s not something I have to worry about”.

At various times this season, Golden State has played without Stephen Curry, Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli because of injuries.

Curry only agreed to go to the locker room before the fourth quarter, after the Warriors had scored 22 straight points to put it away.

“I’m not going to sit out four weeks, so I have to figure out how to protect it when I’m out there on the floor”, he said. Afterwards interim head coach Luke Walton, whose team is now 33-2, was asked about his decision to re-insert Curry in the fourth quarter. He became just the second Warrior to accomplish the feat, and it’s been awhile since the last time – Tom Gola did it way back in 1959-60. After defeating the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and blowing out the Phoenix Suns the purple and gold are riding high, but taking on the 32-2 Warriors is going to be a tall order. Los Angeles, which was without veteran Kobe Bryant, had a three-game winning streak snapped.

The loss ended the Lakers’ modest three-game winning streak and any euphoria that reigned inside Staples Center. “So when I have teammates playing the way they’re playing, it makes it easier”.

Rookie swingman Jonathon Simmons scored a career-high 18 for the Spurs, who set a season high for points just two days after they had done the same by posting 121 against Houston.

DALLAS (AP) – Deron Williams hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer in the second overtime, and the Dallas Mavericks beat Sacramento 117-116 Tuesday night for their 22nd consecutive home victory over the Kings.

He retired in 2002, seven years earlier before Steph got drafted in 2009 as the seventh pick fulfilling Steph’s dream as an National Basketball Association player.

The real damage was done in the third quarter, when the Warriors punished the Lakers for 22 straight points.

Paul Millsap led Atlanta with 19 points.

“But you give players of that caliber the benefit of the doubt, unless the training staff says he shouldn’t be out there”. He showed no effects of the injury and finished with 16 points.

Crowder scored 14 points in the first quarter as the Celtics laid the foundations of the win and then threw a vital three-pointer near the end as the hosts held off a late fightback from the Nets.