The Warriors suffered perhaps their most surprising loss of the season on Sunday night when they fell at home to the lowly Suns. To add insult to injury, or perhaps the other way around, star forward Kevin Durant suffered an ankle contusion in the fourth quarter of the loss and didn’t return to the game, as Mark Medina of The San Jose Mercury News details. However, the club doesn’t believe the injury is significant.
“I think he’s going to be all right,” head coach Steve Kerr said of Durant. “I don’t think it’s bad. I talked to him briefly. He didn’t think it was too bad.”
Kerr said after the game that he didn’t believe Durant would require an MRI on the ankle in question, according to Medina. Team officials confirmed as much, per Nick Friedell of ESPN.com, who writes that the Warriors will continue to monitor the issue.
The Warriors have had a couple minor health scares within the last week or two, as Klay Thompson recently had an MRI on a knee injury. Thompson returned to the lineup after missing just two games though, and it sounds like Durant shouldn’t miss much – or any – time either, which is good news for Golden State. Despite the club’s recent up-and-down play, injuries are still considered the biggest threat to the team’s chances of winning its third straight championship.
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