Golden State Warriors: Injury luck has officially run out

The Golden State Warriors are watching helplessly as the 2019 NBA Finals is derailed by injuries.

For as long as the Golden State Warriors have been running through the NBA, health has been on their side. Outside of a few injuries to Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala, the Dubs have remained remarkably healthy for a team who has consistently been competing for as long as they have. This season, however, their luck has ran out.

While it isn’t the Warriors fault, they have certainly benefited from untimely injuries to their opponents in recent years. It all began when injuries to Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love kept the two stars sideline through out the 2015 NBA Finals.

In the next season, the Dubs recieved their first taste of the injury bug. After an amazing regular season, Curry fell with a knee injury that would impact his game for the remainder of the postseason. Once Iguodala and Andrew Bogut got hurt, the NBA Finals became that much harder against a revenge-hungry Cleveland Cavaliers team.

The list continues with Kawhi Leonard who had a season ending injury delivered to him in Game 1 of the 2017 Western Conference Finals. Of course, in the next season, Chris Paul would suffer a hamstring injury after taking a 3-2 lead on the Dubs. In each of these series, the Warriors emerged victorious.

Now, after year’s of being healthy, five consecutive trips to the NBA Finals has taken it’s toll on the Warriors. It all began with Kevin Durant who has been dealing with a calf injury for multiple weeks now. It gets worse with a hamstring injury suffered by Klay Thompson and a chest contusion to Kevon Looney.

As a result, the Dubs are playing through more adversity than ever before. It will take big performances from both Draymond Green and Curry to pull this off. If they do manage to win in the face of these injuries, the Dubs might solidify themselves as the greatest dynasty of all-time.