Steph Curry Injury Impacts Warriors' NBA Finals Odds Despite Game 1 Win

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry left Game 1 with a hamstring strain and did not return, putting his status for the series with the Minnesota Timberwolves up in the air.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry's injury has impacted the team's title odds. / Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

The Golden State Warriors earned a road win on Tuesday night to open their second-round series with the Minnesota Timberwolves, but it came at a price.

Superstar guard Steph Curry exited Game 1 with a hamstring injury in the second quarter and did not return. Officially the Warriors categorized Curry's injury as a hamstring strain, which could end up causing him to miss games in this series.

According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Warriors are bracing for Curry to miss at least a week, which could put him out of the lineup for Games 2, 3 and 4.

The Warriors expect Stephen Curry to miss at least one week with the Grade 1 left hamstring strain, sources tell ESPN. An exact return will be based on how their All-NBA guard responds to rehab with his first muscle strain. https://t.co/PWhFWz2sEQ

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 7, 2025

As a result, oddsmakers have not changed the Warriors' odds to win the title despite their Game 1 road win. While teams like the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets all saw positive moves to their odds after winning Game 1 of the second round on the road, Golden State remains at +1800 to win the Finals at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Curry has already been ruled out for Game 2, as it's an extremely quick turnaround for an injury that usually causes players to miss games -- even in the playoffs.

For example, Boston's Jrue Holiday missed three playoff games with a hamstring strain this season and New York's OG Anunoby missed four games (and was basically unable to play in a fifth) with one last season.

According to The Athletic's Anthony Slater, Curry was dealing with a pretty noticeable limp after Game 1.

Pretty noticeable postgame limp from Steph Curry out of the arena on his left leg. He will wait to talk to reporters until after the MRI results on his strained hamstring.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 7, 2025

Before exiting Game 1, Curry was on his way to a strong performance, scoring 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting (3-for-6 from 3). The Warriors got out to a pretty big lead early, holding Minnesota to just 31 points in the first half.

With Curry's status up in the air for the rest of the series, oddsmakers still have the Timberwolves as the favorite to advance to the Western Conference Finals. In the latest series odds between these squads, DraftKings has the Timberwolves set as -210 favorites.

The schedule for the Warriors-Timberwolves does not benefit Curry at all, as Golden State will play every other day through Game 5 before getting a few days off before a potential Game 6.

Bettors should expect Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield and Brandin Podziemski to have bigger roles on the offensive end as long as Curry is out.

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