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Jonathan Kuminga Injury Update: Warriors’ young star to be sidelined for at least 3 weeks with ankle injury

Kuminga sustained the injury in Warriors' win over Grizzlies on Saturday.

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Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga will be out for at least three weeks after an MRI confirmed a sprained right ankle. The injury, sustained during Saturday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, is a major blow for both Kuminga and the Warriors. He will be re-evaluated in three weeks, ruling him out of the next 11 games.

The injury occurred when Kuminga attempted to block a shot but landed awkwardly on the feet of two Grizzlies players. He scored 13 points in just 15 minutes before he was injured.

“It’s still very fresh, it’s only a couple hours,” Kuminga said. “I’m not happy with what happened. … There’s things that you take day by day, you never know. I don’t even think about that far (in advance), I’m just concerned on how I’m going to get back.”

Jonathan Kuminga is on crutches today with his right ankle heavily wrapped. Can’t put weight on it.

“I just don’t want to be off. I want to be playing. I feel like our team had started taking off in the right direction.” pic.twitter.com/2KLghi3MRI
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 6, 2025

Kuminga-less Warriors suffer embarrassing loss

Kuminga has been the team’s second-leading scorer behind Stephen Curry, averaging 16.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists. His absence was deeply felt by the Warriors in Sunday’s 129-99 blowout loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Curry led the team with 26 points but received little support as the Warriors tied a season-worst with 22 turnovers.

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Andrew Wiggins added 18 points, while Moses Moody and Draymond Green chipped in with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Following the 30-point loss, Curry didn’t mince his words on the team’s poor performance and claimed that the squad is not built to come back from large deficits.

“When you’re looking up and it’s a double-digit lead before the first timeout and 36-21, we’re not really built for it to have that crazy comeback,” Curry said.

“We haven’t shown [the ability to come back], and it’s just one of those things where you don’t want to be in that situation, especially in a back-to-back… We would have loved to have started the game a lot better to give ourselves a chance”, the 36-year-old further added.

Warriors are now 18-17 this season. They will next face the Miami Heat on January 7.

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