Official announcement! Curry is injured and withdraws from the competition! If he is injured in a first-degree strain or misses for 7-10 days, the first round tiebreak hiring will be hidden dangers

When Curry left the court early in the second quarter, the cheers from the Oracle Arena came to an abrupt end. The 35-year-old point guard suddenly slowed down his movement after completing a signature throw, pressing repeatedly with his left hand on the back of the left leg. After the medical team paused the quick examination of the gap, the team doctor initially diagnosed that the muscle fiber on the back of the left leg was slightly torn, and the star had to say goodbye to the field in advance.

At the corner of the locker room passage, Curry leaned against the wall was captured by the sidelines. There were still sweat stains from the competition on his sports knee pads, and the muscles on the back of his left leg were obviously extremely tight. The head of the team doctor team revealed that MRI imaging showed some signs of tearing the muscle fibers, which is highly consistent with the sports injury characteristics caused by the athletes' sudden force in excessive fatigue.

Sports medicine expert Evan Geoffrey pointed out through video link analysis that he had obvious pain-avoiding gait pattern when he left the court. This is a typical hamstring injury symptoms. According to statistics from the official NBA injury database, in the history of the league, after players over 34 years old experienced similar injuries, the average recovery period reached 14.7 days. It is worth noting that the influence coefficient of this soft tissue injury on shooting stability is as high as 0.87, which will especially weaken the conduction efficiency of lower limb strength during emergency stop jump shots. The team of Warriors trainers is studying the recovery plan for Kevin Durant's calf strain in 2018. Durant, under similar injuries, shortened the normal four-week recovery period to 18 days through hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatment and centrifugal training. However, the current Warriors Medical Director reminds each athlete that there are individual differences in muscle recovery ability. Curry's injury assessment needs to be combined with his 36-year-old physiological age and cumulative playing time in the season. It shows that Curry's average running distance in the first round series reached 4.3 kilometers, of which 68% of the game were running without a ball. In the tiebreak battle against the Rockets, he set a record of the highest moving distance in his individual playoff career - 5.2 kilometers. Sports biomechanics experts pointed out that the cumulative strain caused by the continuous high-intensity change acceleration to the lower limb muscle groups has laid hidden dangers for this acute injury.

The adjustment of the Timberwolves' defensive strategy has begun to show signs. Within 16 minutes after Curry left the court, they shifted their defense focus to Klay Thompson, suppressing his three-point shots to two season-lows. Warriors interim coach Milojevic had to use Moody and Podjemsky to form a two-point guard lineup, trying to spread the offensive pressure by conducting the ball. This tactical adjustment has caused the Warriors' offensive efficiency to plummet from 123 to 98, and the turnover rate to 21.3%.

Historical data shows that when the Warriors lack Curry in the playoffs, the team's winning rate was only 33.3%. The lessons of the G7 in the 2016 Western Conference Finals were still profound, when the team's three-point shooting percentage plummeted to 28.6% in the absence of the core. But Dream Chasing Green in the current lineup believes we have experienced a more difficult situation, and the 2019 Finals injury wave taught us how to deal with emergencies. The medical team is evaluating the feasibility of shock wave therapy. This non-invasive treatment can effectively promote capillary regeneration in the affected area, and combined with cryotherapy, it can reduce the inflammatory response by 40%. German sports rehabilitation expert Schultz suggested that combining neuromuscular electrical stimulation training can maintain muscle memory of injured legs, which is crucial to maintaining shooting muscle memory, Timberwolves coach Fincher revealed at the post-match press conference that the team's data analysis group is remodeling Curry's absence has changed the entire defensive rotation system. We need to recalculate the assisted defense radius and change defense frequency on the tactical board displayed by his assistant coach, the defensive coverage area for the Warriors' no-ku lineup increased by 18.7%, and the key blockade area expanded from outside the three-point line to near the free throw line.

The Warriors management faces a difficult choice: if conservative treatment is adopted to ensure Curry's complete recovery, he may miss the promotion window; if he takes the risk of returning early, he will bear the risk of secondary damage. Referring to the lessons learned by Chris Paul in 2018, the thigh injury worsened at that time, which directly affected the explosive performance of the following three seasons.

Alliance sources revealed that the Warriors Medical Team has launched emergency plans, including the introduction of the latest biomechanical monitoring equipment from Arizona State University. This system can track the load distribution of injured legs in real time to ensure that the intensity of rehabilitation training is always controlled within the safety threshold. Meanwhile, the team is examining game videos of Development League defender Kenones and the possibility of incorporating it into the rotation lineup is not ruled out. The trend of the

series is full of variables due to this injury. Timberwolves center Gobert admitted that the game plan needs dynamic adjustment, but there is always uncertainty in the Warriors locker room, Wiggins is training for a bottom corner three-pointer, and the forward's ball-holding offensive efficiency will become the key to breaking the situation. Team video analysts pointed out that when Wiggins broke through more than 12 times in a single game, the Warriors' winning rate increased to 71.4%.

This sudden injury incident also sounded the alarm for the league. According to statistics, the average running distance of players in the playoffs this season increased by 23% compared with the regular season, and the number of high-intensity change directions increased by 37%. Sports science experts called on the league to consider adjusting schedule density, suggesting that the back-to-back game interval be extended to 72 hours so that athletes' soft tissue can be fully restored.

As the final whistle sounded, the Warriors defended their victory with the collective outbreak of their role players, but the atmosphere in the locker room was particularly solemn. The team doctor team was consulting overnight, and the muscle effect patch wrapped around Curry's left leg refracted the cool-toned light. The value of this victory may be tested the most rigorously in the next two weeks. For the Warriors who are determined to compete for the championship, the real challenge may have just begun.