The worst possible news came down officially less than 24 hours after DeMarcus Cousins stumbled on the court and went down without contact trying to recover a loose ball against the Clippers in Game 2.
Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins may have seen his first playoff run end after just two games played when Shams Charania of The Athletic revealed he has been diagnosed with a torn left quadriceps.
His injury is likely season-ending, Charania reports, but the team will see how he responds within the first two weeks of rehab for an injury that is not expected to require surgery.
During the postgame news conference, Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters Cousin’s injury was “pretty significant” and that he expected Cousins “would be out … a while.”
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“We’ll rally behind him, tell him it’s far from the end of the world, tell him he has so much great basketball ahead of him,” said Warriors guard Klay Thompson. “He believes that. … He’ll bounce back. I know he will. He’s a fighter.”
Cousins had two points, two rebounds and an assist in just less than 4 minutes.
