Stephen Curry will not play for the Golden State Warriors in their next three games because he hurt his left leg.

The Warriors said Curry will be out for at least a week because he got hurt on Tuesday night. He had to leave the game early, but his team still won 99-88. Curry scored 13 points in 13 minutes. This helped his team get a good lead and win.

Coach Steve Kerr said that in the playoffs each year, teams must change. This is because of things like their game plan, if a player is hurt, or changes to the team. He said, "We just need to change." He also said, "We have done this before, and we believe we can do it again."

Game 2 is in Minneapolis on Thursday. Then the series goes to San Francisco for Game 3 on Saturday and Game 4 on Monday. Curry might come back for Game 5 on May 14. After that, there are three days without games before Game 6 on May 18.

Curry has never hurt his leg muscle badly before, so we don't know how long he will be gone. Can the Warriors play well enough without him until he comes back near the end of the games? They should probably not count on that.

Kerr said, 'We think our defense is the best in the league, and we have shown this recently.'

But this Golden State team is not as good as the teams before. In those teams, Curry and Draymond Green were younger. Also, Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala were important players. In 2018, they also had Kevin Durant.

The Warriors were happy with how everyone helped in the first game. Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield, and Green were important players. The coach, Kerr, used 12 different players in the game.

Without Curry, Butler will touch the ball a lot, just like he did on Tuesday. Butler is a great player who joined the Warriors from Miami a few months ago. He helped the team play better offense and defense. In the first game, he got 20 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists. He scored at least 20 points in four of the five games they played against Houston before.

Everyone is ready to play. Anyone who plays the game wants to do well," said Mike Conley, a player for the Timberwolves. "So you need to watch the game very carefully, watch the player you are playing against, and watch what they usually do. This is because they don't just use Curry. Of course, Buddy and Jimmy will play harder, but they have players who can score points, and they might try to do it together as a team.