Steph Curry injured on hard fall in Warriors’ victory against Raptors

Steph Curry left the Warriors’ game Thursday night against the Raptors after taking a hard fall late in the third quarter. He was ruled out for the game with a bruised pelvis.

The Warriors defeated Toronto 117-114.

Curry dribbled into the lane and jumped near the hoop to make a pass to the left corner, then collided with Toronto’s Jonathan Mogbo and Colin Castleton, falling awkwardly on his lower back.

The 37-year-old superstar stayed down on the court underneath the Warriors’ basket while the play went the other way, then Toronto called timeout with 3:24 to play. The Raptors led 88-83 at the time.

A Golden State trainer came out to check on Curry, who walked to the bench and eventually to the locker room holding his lower back.

Curry, facing focused individual defense from Toronto, had just made two layups as he tried to bring the Warriors back from a surprising deficit against the struggling Raptors. He had 17 points in 25 minutes at the time of his fall, making 6 of his 8 attempts from the field and 2 of 4 from 3-point range.

Jimmy Butler picked up the scoring – and defensive – slack once Curry left.

After scoring 24 points and dishing out 10 assists in Tuesday’s victory over Milwaukee, the veteran wing put up 16 point, 11-rebound, 12-assist triple-double against the visiting Raptors.

It was Butler’s second triple-double of his Warriors career

With the Warriors up by three, Butler flew in from the weak side for a big-time block on a Jamal Shead drive with 20 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

Curry’s injury also overshadowed a prolific first half by Draymond Green.

The 35-year-old power forward who recently politicked for a second Defensive Player of the Year award showed off a deadeye shooting stroke – at least for one half.

Green put in 18 of those in the first half, the most the four-time all-star had scored in a first half since game seven of the 2016 Finals, when he had 22 in the first 24 minutes of what would be 93-89 Cavs win.

He finished the night with 21 points.

Quinten Post scored 18, Jonathan Kuminga had 16 and Brandin Podziemski dropped in 15 points. he Warriors improved to 41-29 and remained the sixth seed in the Western Conference.

Scottie Barnes led the Raptors with 29 points, and Mogbo had five points and five rebounds in his return to the Bay Area.

Golden State will begin a six-game road trip in Atlanta on Saturday.