SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kuminga suffered a “important” proper ankle sprain, and the Golden State Warriors might be with out him for an prolonged time frame, head coach Steve Kerr mentioned.
Kuminga left Chase Center on crutches and can endure an MRI after he landed awkwardly and appeared to roll his proper ankle within the paint. He left the sport proper after that with 2:27 left within the second quarter, however the Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 121-113.
Kuminga, who completed with 13 factors and made 3-of-3 from behind the arc, will virtually actually miss Sunday’s recreation towards the Sacramento Kings.
“It’s a sprained ankle,” Kerr mentioned. “We’ll have extra tomorrow. It isn’t going to be a day-to-day factor. It was a big sprain. So we’ll simply have a report tomorrow as soon as we get a greater really feel for it.”
Kuminga’s damage comes as he’s enjoying the perfect basketball of his four-year profession. He scored 20 or extra factors in three of his earlier 4 video games that included scoring a career-high 34 factors in consecutive video games.
But now the Warriors might be lacking their most explosive athlete for a while.
“Which f—ing sucks,” Golden State’s Draymond Green mentioned within the locker room.
Shortly after that, Kuminga walked by on crutches. Green requested Kuminga if he was OK, to which Kuminga answered, “Yes, sir.”
The Warriors are already with out Brandin Podziemski (stomach tightness) and Gary Payton II (calf). Stephen Curry (bilateral knee damage administration) additionally sat out Saturday’s recreation, which was the primary recreation of a back-to-back.
Curry is predicted to play towards Sacramento.
“I’m simply glad now we have the depth that we do,” Kerr mentioned. “I’m glad now we have Kyle [Anderson]. There was a purpose we signed him and Buddy [Hield]. We added a number of depth for that reason to have the ability to stand up to some accidents.
“It’s going to be powerful. JK has been enjoying the perfect basketball of his profession these final couple of weeks, so we’ll miss him. But Kyle will fill in properly.”
