Warriors forward Andre Iguodala will miss Game 2 of the NBA Finals due to right knee inflammation, according to the team’s official injury report. Iguodala played in Game 1 after missing nearly six weeks, recording seven points and three assists in 12 minutes.
Iguodala previously missed time due to a left cervical disc injury in his neck. He suffered that injury in Game 4 of the team’s first-round series against the Nuggets, so he has only appeared in four playoff games. Iguodala will be listed as day-to-day, head coach Steve Kerr said, as relayed by Marc Spears of ESPN (Twitter link).
Iguodala, 38, averaged 4.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 19.5 minutes per game this season, playing 31 contests. All of those averages are career-lows.
Iguodala signed with the Warriors in free agency after struggling to produce with the Heat last season. He holds 18 years of NBA experience and helped Golden State win championships in 2015, 2017 and 2018. His absence may allow other players (such as Otto Porter, Gary Payton II and Jonathan Kuminga) to receive more time.
This is NOT good. Yes, Iggy is valuable and we want him to play but it’s now about team continuity and chemistry as well. You cant just plug guys out and in because of Iggy’s health. Iggy needs to decide if he is healthy or not for rest of the series.
This is probably very good for the Warriors, they have been playing great without him the last few series and using him for game one threw all of their rotations off. Not the reason they lost and obviously a healthy Andre is an asset, but a aging vet who has lost a step is a liability against the Celtics.
Warriors play well 9-10players deep, but Kerr opts to play only 8 including Iggy. :(
With Payton back he will take Iggy’s minutes.
Ya, but you would like to have both on the floor off the bench. I still think it’s fine though for 1 game. I’d start Otto Porter over Looney, and use Payton, Kuminga/JTA, Moody, Looney/Bjelica off the bench, and probably not Poole, especially without Iguodala
Just retire
Iguodala is having affair with Doncic mother?
Wow, unhappy macnam