calf strain

Kevin Durant left Wednesday’s Game 5 against the Houston Rockets with a non-contact injury after taking a jump shot. Durant, whose recent play has vaulted him into the best player in basketball debate, will be out for game 6 against the Rockets. “You lose your best player, it’s deflating,” Klay Thompson said. “Disappointed for him,” [...]

Riding a four-game losing streak when you’re supposed to run away with the Eastern Conference is bad enough. Seeing Tristan Thompson go down with a leg injury and leave the arena on crutches in the process makes the situation worse. Alas, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now at this point. Thompson was ruled out of returning [...]

When the Golden State Warriors take the court against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 2 of their first-round playoff matchup, they may be without Kevin Durant. After injuring his left calf in Game 1, Durant is officially questionable, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes and NBC Sports’ Rosalyn Gold-Onwude: [tweet https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/854416333286461441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fwarriors-blazers-nba-playoffs-kevin-durant-questionable-for-game-2-with-calf-strain%2F] [tweet https://twitter.com/ROSGO21/status/854416255498854400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fwarriors-blazers-nba-playoffs-kevin-durant-questionable-for-game-2-with-calf-strain%2F] It feels weird [...]

Chris Bosh pulled out of the 2016 NBA All-Star Game with a strained calf, but the situation is apparently more serious. From the Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds: Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat is dealing with another blood-clot scare, making this the second consecutive year that he’s spent the All-Star break facing a most uncertain [...]