The Golden State Warriors enjoyed a 99-88 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals but it came at a cost with Steph Curry limping off with a hamstring injury.
Curry is highly unlikely to play in Game 2 tomorrow and coach Steve Kerr admitted hamstring injuries are notoriously difficult to predict.
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— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 7, 2025
The Warriors superstar injured the muscle in his left leg midway through the second quarter and didn’t return.
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Steph is crushed – Kerr
Kerr said: “He’s obviously crushed. But the guys picked him up and played a great game and obviously we’re all concerned about Steph, but it’s part of the game.”
Jimmy Butler stepped up in Curry’s absence and, despite being booed by the Minnesota crowd as a former Timberwolf, had 20 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to guide his team to a plucky victory.
“We know what Jimmy’s capable of,” team-mate Draymond Green said.
“Jimmy’s capable of carrying a team. He carried a team to the Finals twice. So we won’t panic. We will figure out what that means. We have the best coaching staff in the NBA. We know they’ll put us in a good spot and let us know what our offense looks like without Steph if we have to go on without him. We got full confidence in the guys that are on this team that we can make plays, can make shots.”
Finch unhappy with Edwards’ efforts
Minnesota coach Chris Finch was unhappy with his team’s efforts and called out franchise star Anthony Edwards.
“It starts with Ant,” Finch said. ”I thought he struggled, and then you could just kind of see the light go out a little bit for a while.
“You’re the leader of the team and you’ve gotta come out and set the tone.”
Chris Finch wants Anthony Edwards to carry the energy even when his shot isn’t falling 🎤 pic.twitter.com/KQNyDBem72
— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 7, 2025
“You’re the leader of the team. You’ve got to come out and set the tone. If your shot is not going, you still have to carry the energy. If I’ve got to talk to guys about having the right energy coming into an opening second-round game, then we’re not on the same page.”
Edwards responded: “People are going to try to blame whatever, blame whoever; they can blame me.
“[But] we just didn’t play good enough.”
