Steph Curry injury overshadows win vs. Raptors – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

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SAN FRANCISCO – While the Warriors outlasted the undermanned Toronto Raptors for a 117-114 win Thursday night at Chase Center, the final score was secondary. 

Steph Curry in the third quarter took a hard fall and later was ruled out with a pelvic contusion. 

Curry before leaving the game scored 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting and made two 3-pointers. The Raptors did everything they could to make anybody else on the Warriors beat them.

Challenge accepted. Most of all by Draymond Green, who scored a team-high 21 points, which is his second-most this season. The combination of Green and Jimmy Butler carried the Warriors to victory down the stretch. 

Butler recorded his second triple-double since joining the Warriors with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. His best play of the night, however, came on defense. Jamal Shead had a chance to make it a one-point game with 20 seconds remaining, but Butler had other plans.

JIMMY BUTLER CLUTCH BLOCK 🚫pic.twitter.com/YFGOJKlSlz

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 21, 2025

Not to be forgotten, rookie center Quinten Post scored 18 points off the bench, going 6 of 9 from 3-point range. Jonathan Kuminga also was a major scoring punch off the bench, scoring 18 points. Plus, Brandin Podziemski had 15 points in his second game returning from a back injury.

The Warriors will take the results of a win, but now the real news awaits.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors completing a 6-1 seven-game homestand.

Draymond Lets It Fly

The way Green completely shut down Giannis Antetokounmpo in the Warriors’ win Tuesday night gave coach Steve Kerr every reason to call him “the best defender I’ve ever seen.” Two nights later, Green began the win as an offensive threat. 

As it always has, though, everything starts with Curry. The Raptors heavily top-locked Curry from the jump for all 94 feet, and Green quickly adjusted. First, because of the way nobody wants to leave Curry, the Warriors used an inverted pick-and-roll for a wide-open lane to let Green throw down a dunk. Later in the first quarter, the two used their…

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