Curry back in game after hard fall on back, neck
Golden State Warriors star and NBA MVP Stephen Curry missed the equivalent of a quarter after taking a hard fall on his head, neck and back area near the basket in the second quarter of Monday night’s Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Houston Rockets.
The Warriors had said before his return that Curry sustained a head bruise, and general manager Bob Myers tweeted Curry “should be all right.”
Curry ran sprints in a hallway before walking back into the arena and returning to the bench with less than six minutes to play in the third quarter. He then re-entered the game with Houston holding a commanding lead.
Curry got caught in the air on top of the Rockets’ Trevor Ariza on a play near the Rockets’ basket as Ariza went up for a shot with about six minutes to play in the first half and cascaded to the floor, nearly falling directly on his head as he was unable to control his fall.
Curry, who was called for a foul on the play, stayed on the floor for several minutes as he was attended to by medical staff with teammates and coaching looking on.
He then stood up with help and was escorted to the locker room, rubbing the side of his head with a dazed look.
Curry had 11 points in 13 minutes when he left the game.
The Warriors led 69-59 at halftime after trailing by more than 20 as they looked to close out the series, leading 3-0.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Curry won the MVP in a landslide over the Rockets’ James Harden after averaging 23.8 points, 7.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds and two steals this season.
He shot 48.7 percent from the floor and 44.3 percent from 3-point range. He already owns three of the five most prolific 3-point shooting seasons in NBA history.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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