Everyone involved with the Golden State Warriors organization held their collective breaths during their Game 5 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. While they hold a 3-2 series lead over Houston, Kevin Durant hobbled off the floor after a non-contact injury to his right leg and was unable to close out the game.
The Dubs got some good news in the immediate aftermath when it was announced Durant suffered a calf strain and not a serious injury to his achilles. Now, we know the extent to which he’s injured, thanks to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Durant suffered a mild calf strain, which is never a good thing, but is way better than a ruptured achilles. Wojnarowski reports that Durant will get evaluated again next week.
Golden State’s Kevin Durant has suffered a mild strain on his right calf and expected to be re-evaluated next week, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 9, 2019
The news was eventually confirmed by the Warriors.
Kevin Durant injury update: pic.twitter.com/M4oQBpLPyq
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) May 9, 2019
Warriors coach Steve Kerr has already revealed that Durant won’t take the floor in Game 6, and while none of us can see the future, it stands to reason he wouldn’t be able to play in a potential Game 7, either. Golden State still has a metric ton of talent, and guys like Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green have won a whole lot of important basketball games with one another. Still, Houston is a really, really good basketball team, and having to knock them off without Durant will be awfully difficult.
