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Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney could miss the rest of the NBA Finals with a fracture in his collarbone, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Warriors are calling Looney out indefinitely, but an MRI revealed a non-displaced costal cartilage fracture on Looney’s right side that will likely cost him the rest of the season, sources said.
Looney left Sunday night’s 109-104 NBA Finals Game 2 win over the Toronto Raptors with what the team said was a chest contusion. Coach Steve Kerr had termed the injury “something with his shoulder.” Looney appeared to be dragging his right shoulder in the first half, but it is unclear exactly when he suffered the injury.
Meanwhile, Warriors guard Klay Thompson had an MRI on his left hamstring Monday, but the results won’t be known until later Monday night because the Warriors charter plane landed later than expected, pushing back the process a few hours.
Thompson exited in the fourth quarter with left hamstring tightness. Further testing was scheduled to determine the severity of the injury, though Thompson said after Sunday’s contest he expected to play in Wednesday’s Game 3.
The series is tied at one game apiece.
The plane carrying players and the coaching staff departed Toronto following Game 2, but it didn’t arrive back in Oakland until after 4 a.m. PT Monday.
Thompson’s injury was the latest setback for a Warriors group already playing without its star Kevin Durant, who continues rehabbing a right calf injury. Meanwhile, swingman Andre Iguodala is dealing with a lingering calf injury.
Despite all the injuries, the Warriors remain buoyed by the fact that they still found a way to win Game 2 and the belief that Durant will be back at some point in this series. Kerr said before Sunday’s game that it was “feasible” Durant could participate in a practice, then play in a Finals game.
A second Warriors flight out of Toronto, carrying staff and family members, was scheduled to leave after Game 2 but had a mechanical issue that forced the plane to return to its gate. The second flight arrived safely in Oakland late Monday afternoon. Staff members traveling on the coaches and players’ plane said they were happy to have been on the first flight out.
Information from ESPN’s Nick Friedell was used in this report.
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