7:52pm: Thompson will be held out of Game 3, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. This will be the first playoff game he has missed in his career. Livingston will start in his place.
4:46pm: Warriors management wants Klay Thompson to miss tonight’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals and rest his injured hamstring, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. However, Thompson insists he’s healthy enough to play, and the decision probably won’t be made until game time.
Thompson suffered a hamstring strain in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Game 2 while landing on a 3-point shot. An MRI conducted Monday revealed the injury to be a mild strain, and he is officially listed as questionable for tonight. If the Warriors hold him out, Quinn Cook and Shaun Livingston will likely see increased minutes.
Injuries continue to haunt the Warriors as they seek a third straight NBA title. Kevon Looney is out for the rest of the series with a non-displaced cartilage fracture on the right side of his collarbone, Kevin Durant remains sidelined with a strained calf and Andre Iguodala is still battling the effects of a calf injury.
Take the dog or pass. Gotta have players to win….even the dubs.
I would sit him the next two games and have him play Monday. Win or lose. He’s no good if you can’t run. I’ve had a strained hammy and it’s no fun.