Warriors’ Stephen Curry addresses injury concerns with one-word message

Matthew Wadleigh

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Warriors’ Stephen Curry addresses injury concerns with one-word message image

The Golden State Warriors hold a 3-2 series lead over the Houston Rockets ahead of Game 6. The Warriors lost to the Rockets, 131-116, on Wednesday night to give Houston at least one more opportunity. 

To make things even worse, Warriors star Stephen Curry is dealing with a thumb injury that clearly bothered him. On Wednesday night, Curry shot just 4-of-12 from the field with a 3-of-9 clip from 3-point land with a total of just 13 points in a strange outing. 

But, the Warriors were at one point down 31 points in the third quarter, which led Steve Kerr to pull his starters and prepare for Game 6 instead. 

Still, the injury to Curry is a concern, although the Warriors star didn't discuss it too much. In his postgame press conference, Curry was asked about the state of his thumb: 

"Cold," he replied as his hand was wrapped in ice. 

Charles Barkley also couldn't believe what Curry's thumb looked like as a picture os his swollen hand surfaced the internet. 

Curry added some more info on his injury after the Game 5 loss: "I don't even know how to answer that. Just something you're dealing with and you keep it moving. As long as I can play. You've got a wrap for a reason but that's it."

For now, all the focus is on Game 6, which is Friday night in California. 

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Matthew Wadleigh

Matthew Wadleigh is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He was born and raised in Southern California and grew up a San Diego sports fan (yes, it’s tough, except for Aztecs hoops). Matthew went to Fresno State as a journalism major and got to see Davante Adams, Derek Carr, Paul George and Aaron Judge in person. Matthew has written for publications including ClutchPoints, Sportscasting, Fansided, Trojans Wire, UCLA Wire and Buffaloes Wire.