Warriors vs Rockets: Curry Went Through Double-Dose of Concussion Testing
By Charles Jay
NBA Betting Preview – Warriors vs Rockets Game 5
In the NBA betting odds posted on this game by the folks at Vietbet, the Warriors are double-digit favorites:
Golden State Warriors -10
Houston Rockets +10
Over 216 points -110
Under 216 points -110
It would appear inconceivable that the fall Stephen Curry took during the third quarter of Monday night’s Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets would not result in some severe consequences, especially as NBA bettors saw Curry subsequently sit out twelve minutes of the game. But now here we are, with the dust having settled, and the club has said that Curry went though not one, but TWO concussion protocols and was pronounced fit to play.
As Vietbet customers witnessed, Curry went up and flipped over Houston’s Trevor Ariza, falling almost directly on his head. It looked like the kind of spill that could break a neck. Indeed, that was not a highlight of Curry’s evening, but he wasn’t necessarily tentative the rest of the way. He did not have a great evening shooting the ball (just 7 for 18), which was a downer for the Warriors considering that he came into the game over 61% for the first three games of the series.
Certainly there is no tangible reason the Golden State team doctors wouldn’t be extra careful with Curry, since the club is one game away from reaching the NBA Finals. But this must have created some anxious moments for his dad, Dell Curry, a former NBA player.
Generally speaking, flying halfway across the country, as the Warriors did for the return home and Game 5, isn’t the best thing in the world for someone who is a little light-headed, so we thought we would mention that.
Some anxiety occurred when Curry put up an air ball with his first shot after being re-inserted into the game, but he soon got back into a rhythm. Some had questioned the wisdom of putting the league MVP back into the game. According to Bob Myers, the club’s general manager, “That’s why you have to do your job, you have to let your doctors do their jobs separate from what might be going on around you,”
The time leading up to the game on Wednesday may bring up additional issues, but there is nothing to indicate there is anything getting in the way of Curry playing.
Vietbet patrons have seen, for the most part, a virtuoso performance out of Curry – really, just one of three that are taking place at this stage of the playoffs, with Houston’s James Harden and Cleveland’s LeBron James being the other two. To date, Curry is 56% from the field during this series and 54.5% from downtown, as he has taken advantage of Houston’s inability to make him uncomfortable out there. His overall Offensive Rating is 134.
Curry and Klay Thompson both made six of 13 from beyond the arc on Monday night, in a game where the two teams combined to make the most three-pointers ever in a playoff game (37). Houston rode 45 points from James Harden to stay alive in the series, but when the Rockets get to the Bay Area, they will most likely find Curry – with a clearer head – and his teammates waiting to put this one away.
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