Dalton Johnson

6 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Dalton Johnson

What we learned as Warriors miss Steph Curry in Game 2 loss to Timberwolves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaBOX SCOREMINNEAPOLIS – The Warriors’ first playoff game without Steph Curry since the 2018 Western Conference semifinals was too big of an obstacle to overcome, losing 117-93 to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night at the Target Center in Game 2 of Round 2. AdvertisementThere was no way the Timberwolves were going to brick as many threes as they did to open the series.

6 days ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

MINNEAPOLIS – Warriors superstar Steph Curry has a long history of rehab and injury recovery. This season alone, Curry has dealt with issues to his knees, neck, right thumb and pelvic area. His latest injury is the land of the great unknown. Curry, in the second quarter of the Warriors’ Game 1 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday in the Western Conference semifinals, grabbed at the back of his left leg and was ruled out for the rest of the game with a strained hamstring.

1 week ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

MINNEAPOLIS – Knowing they’ll be without Steph Curry for at least the next three games of the Western Conference semifinals due to a Grade 1 left hamstring strain, it’s clear which two aspects the Warriors are going to lean into most: Playing through Jimmy Butler, and being a tenacious team defensively. The Warriors feel like they have the best defense in basketball, and losing the greatest shooter of all time only adds to that now being their main calling card.

1 week ago | nbcbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

MINNEAPOLIS – Knowing they’ll be without Steph Curry for at least the next three games of the Western Conference semifinals due to a Grade 1 left hamstring strain, it’s clear which two aspects the Warriors are going to lean into most: Playing through Jimmy Butler, and being a tenacious team defensively. The Warriors feel like they have the best defense in basketball, and losing the greatest shooter of all time only adds to that now being their main calling card.

1 week ago | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Dalton Johnson

MINNEAPOLIS – Steph Curry sat at his Target Center locker, headphones in tuning out the world. The Warriors had just outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 99-88 Game 1 win on the road Tuesday night, 48 hours after celebrating their gutsy Game 7 win against the Rockets in Houston. What should have been another jubilant environment was meek and gloomy at best, with Curry severely limping back to the team bus.