MINNEAPOLIS – Umukinnyi w’ikirangirire wa Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry, yavuye mu kibuga hakiri kare ku mukino wa mbere wa 1/2 cya Playoffs nyuma yo gukomereka imitsi y’akaguru k’ibumoso (hamstring). Ibi byabereye mu mukino wabaye kuri uyu wa Kabiri, ubwo Warriors batsindaga Minnesota Timberwolves ku manota 99-88.
Curry w’imyaka 37 y’amavuko azapimwa hakoreshejwe MRI kuri uyu wa Gatatu kugira ngo hamenyekane ubukana bw’iyo mvune. Nubwo yanditswe ku rutonde rw’abakinnyi ku munsi ku munsi (day-to-day), umutoza Steve Kerr yavuze ko bidashoboka ko azagaragara mu mukino wa kabiri uteganyijwe kuri uyu wa Kane.
“Yarakomeretse biramubabaza cyane, ariko abakinnyi bagenzi be baramufashije cyane, bakinira hamwe bagira umukino mwiza,” Kerr yavuze.
“Ni byo, twese turahangayikishijwe na Steph, ariko ni ko umukino wifashe. Ibyago birabaho, abakinnyi baravunika, ugakomeza. Ariko aba basore bacu bakoze akazi gakomeye—batsinze nyuma y’amasaha 48 gusa batsinze Game 7 ku izamu. Ni itsinda ridasanzwe, rifatanya kandi ryitanga.”
Curry yatangiye kugaragaza ububabare inyuma y’akaguru ke k’ibumoso mu gace ka kabiri nyuma yo gutsinda three-point ndende ya metero 8 (26 feet). Nyuma yaho, yatsinze n’indi float shot ya metero 4 (14 feet) maze ahita atangira gusaba gusimburwa.
“Byaratugoye, ariko yari amaze kudufasha kubaka ikinyuranyo cy’amajwi,” yavuze Draymond Green, umwe mu bakinnyi b’inararibonye ba Warriors.
Curry yari amaze gufasha ikipe gutsinda Houston Rockets mu mukino wa karindwi wa Playoffs wa mbere, umukino wari utwaye imbaraga nyinshi kuko Warriors bari barimo gutsinda 3-1 mbere yo kureshya umukino. Uko gukina cyane byatumye batabona umwanya uhagije wo kuruhuka, dore ko imikino 5 ya mbere ya Playoffs igira umunsi umwe gusa hagati yayo. Imikino ya 5 na 6 izagira iminsi itatu yo kuruhuka hagati yayo (kuva ku ya 14 kugeza ku ya 18 Gicurasi).
Nubwo mu myaka ishize Curry yagiye ahura n’imvune zitandukanye z’ukuboko no ku birenge, muri uyu mwaka w’imikino yakinnye imikino 70, mu gihe mu mwaka ushize yakinnye 74. Ni intwari ya NBA inshuro 4 (NBA Champion), yitabiriye All-Star 11 kandi yari amaze gutsinda amanota 24 ku mukino mu mikino ya Playoffs batsinzemo Houston.
Nubwo ibura rye ryateje impungenge, abakinnyi ba Warriors bakomeje kwiyumvamo icyizere.
“Dufite abasore beza bo kututoza—ni bo beza muri NBA. Turizeye ko bazadushyira mu mwanya mwiza,” yavuze Jimmy Butler, watsinze amanota 20, arema imipira 11 (rebounds) ndetse anatanga imipira 8 yavuyemo amanota (assists).
“Twese turashaka ko ’30’ (Curry) agaruka. Ariko mugihe tutaramubona, tuzakomeza kumusimbura neza.”
