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No more fight! Curry admits frustrated! Start training mode, Cole, you will be completely exposed without Curry

6:40am, 15 May 2025【Basketball】

On May 9, in the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Warriors lost to the Timberwolves 93-117 away. After the game, Kerr said in an interview: "The chain reaction caused by Curry's absence caused TJD tonight's play, and the same is true for Kumingga. In the past few months, we found an effective lineup configuration. But without Curry, this plan would have been completely invalid." After Curry was absent, Kerr tried the lineup like a headless fly. Kerr sent 12 people to play in the first half, and the whole game was rotated up to 14 people, but obviously they did not play the ideal effect, and the Warriors were crushed by the Timberwolves. This game made Kerr completely reveal the situation. The Warriors did not have the so-called Kerr system. It has actually been the Curry system for so many years. Curry relied on "Ku's gravity" and flexible and changeable running to defeat the opponent's defensive system. Without Curry, the Warriors' passes, dream-chasing cards, and Bojie's three-pointers were all invalid.

Unfortunately, Curry's injury situation is not ideal, he will have to rest at least three more games, and it is likely that he will not return this round of the playoffs.

Today, Curry appeared at the training ground for an interview with the media and talked about a hamstring strain: "This injury was a heavy blow. According to what I have learned, this injury must go through a complete recovery process. I need to evaluate it every day in the next week and cannot rush to come back. In a week, we will re-evaluate to see when we can return to the game."

General hamstring strains require a week to recover, and it may take longer for a player like Curry who has never experienced this injury. And according to Curry, it will take at least one week for his injury to recover, and the Warriors will have three games in the next week. If Cole can't think of a solution, the Warriors will basically not wait for Curry's return and end the series 1-4.

At present, for the Warriors, only when Curry returns will have hope of promotion. Curry, 37, is playing in an incredible playoffs. He has averaged 22.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists so far in the playoffs, and his real shooting percentage is as high as 63.6% (first in the league), which is the most important reason why the Warriors can defeat the Rockets as the playoffs.

But given the particularity of the hamstring injury, forcibly returning to the playoffs is likely to become a stubborn injury, affecting subsequent careers. Paul and Harden were the best examples. After Butler's arrival, the Warriors' window period was extended by three years, and Curry still had three years of $176 million in contract, and he still needed to consider the future. Curry should still be careful about his injuries. Instead of forcing a comeback, it is better to recover well and wait until he fully recovered next season before striving for the championship.