Klay exits Game 2 with hamstring tightness, doesn't expect to miss time
Klay Thompson is the latest Golden State Warriors player to be bitten by the injury bug.
The 29-year-old was ruled out of Golden State's Game 2 victory against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday with left hamstring tightness after landing awkwardly on a 3-point attempt early in the fourth quarter.
Klay Thompson limped off the floor and into the locker room with an apparent leg injury after landing awkwardly on a shot attempt. pic.twitter.com/SNT3dEe5U9
— ESPN (@espn) June 3, 2019
Set to undergo an MRI on Monday, Thompson did his best to dispel any fears about the injury postgame.
"No, I don't see myself missing Game 3," Thompson told Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is taking more of a wait-and-see approach.
"Klay said he'll be fine, but Klay can be half-dead and he'd say he's (fine). We'll see," said Kerr, according to ESPN's Nick Friedell. "He pulled his hamstring; he thinks it's minor - I don't know what that means going forward."
Thompson scored a team-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting with four 3-pointers in 32 minutes of action prior to exiting. He added five rebounds and five assists.
Golden State rode an 18-0 run in the third quarter and held on for a narrow 109-104 victory at Scotiabank Arena to lock the NBA Finals at 1-1. Despite his ailing hamstring, Thompson was present to greet his teammates as they exited the floor.
With ice on his left hamstring, Klay Thompson congratulates his teammates as they come off the floor with a win. pic.twitter.com/KfA6U5jNYM
— ESPN (@espn) June 3, 2019
The series now shifts to Oracle Arena for Game 3 on Wednesday night.