Steph Curry out with hamstring strain - Next for Warriors, Wolves - ESPN

The Golden State Warriors won Game 1 of their second-round series with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, claiming home-court advantage as the lower seed, but it came at a high cost. After leaving the game with a hamstring injury, star guard Stephen Curry was diagnosed Wednesday with a Grade 1 strain, as reported by ESPN's Shams Charania.

With the Warriors expecting to play at least the next week without Curry, which would mean missing the next three games at a minimum, they'll have to find a way to continue Tuesday's shooting-driven success after Curry left the game to stay in position to win the series.

Let's break down how Golden State will handle Curry's absence in Game 2 and how quickly the Warriors might need him to return to reach the conference finals for the first time since winning the 2022 championship with Curry as Finals MVP.

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Up 10 points when Curry hobbled off not long after he made a 3-pointer to give him 13 points in as many minutes on the court, Golden State actually extended the lead to as many as 23 points before holding off a fourth-quarter run by Minnesota.

Without the greatest shooter in NBA history, the Warriors still went 5-of-9 from 3-point range in the pivotal third quarter, with Buddy Hield making three to continue his hot streak dating back to Sunday's Game 7 win over the Houston Rockets. Draymond Green also did a fair Curry impression, making four 3-pointers — his most in a playoff game since 2017 — with two of them coming just after Curry left the court.

Meanwhile, the Timberwolves' inaccurate shooting carried over from where they finished a five-game series win over the Los Angeles Lakers despite going 7-of-47 from 3-point