Injury

Kevin Love isn’t fine, but he’s going to be fine. He thinks. Love apparently injured his knee during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 105-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Monday night, according to the Akron Beacon Journal‘s Jason Lloyd: [tweet https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/status/734955514153607169] Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue didn’t even play Love during the fourth quarter. But that [...]

Someone sound the “Stephen Curry is on his way back” alarm. In roughly four to six days. Curry has missed all but two of the Golden State Warriors’ playoff tilts, including the last three, all of which were wins. But he could be returning from his sprained left knee soon. How soon? Very soon. Per [...]

Blake Griffin is done for the rest of the NBA playoffs after re-aggravating a left quadriceps injury that kept him sidelined for much of the regular season. And he’s apparently not surprised. From Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding: Griffin knew, according to league sources, there was a strong possibility he would re-tear his left quadriceps tendon [...]

The playoff injury bug struck again Tuesday night. And to a team that can ill-afford an injury to their best player. The Celtics’ Isaiah Thomas left game 5 vs. the Atlanta Hawks with a sprained ankle and did not return. It was a completely freak injury. He drove the lane and landed awkwardly after converting [...]

According a report from ESPN.com Tuesday afternoon, Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the postseason after suffering a quad injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 98-84 Game 4 loss to the Blazers. [tweet https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/725066873478344704] This news also came with the final confirmation that floor general and spiritual leader Chris Paul’s postseason is [...]

The first round of the NBA playoffs has claimed another superstar. During the second half of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 4 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul exited after getting his hand caught in a jersey with what turned out to be a fractured right hand. He will most definitely need to [...]

News came down Monday afternoon about the results of Steph Curry’s MRI on the right MCL sprain he suffered in Sunday’s game 4 victory over the Houston Rockets. The Golden State Warriors franchise and fans, sports books, the basketball world and the sports world in general waited with bated breath and fear that the best [...]

Stephen Curry is the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors’ basketball ambitions. And on Sunday, during a shellacking of the Houston Rockets, the powers that be ripped that heart and soul from the Warriors’ grasp. The soon-to-be two-time MVP left the game and didn’t return with what is now being called a sprained [...]

Is there a possibility that Avery Bradley returns from a right hamstring injury sooner than expected? In between his ears, maybe. In real life, no. The Boston Celtics won’t let him if it comes to that—specifically, president Danny Ainge won’t let him, per Chris Forsberg of ESPN.com: Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge [...]

The Charlotte Hornets now trail the Miami Heat 2-0 in their first-round playoff series. Things shouldn’t be able to get much worse. And yet, they did. Nicolas Batum suffered an ankle injury midway through the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s loss and was unable to return. Afterward, per ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier, it sounded like he [...]