Stephen Curry’s injury could help Clippers’ title chances, but Doc Rivers isn’t happy about that

This was not the way Doc Rivers hoped his team’s playoff fortunes would be enhanced.

“I don’t want anyone to get injured ever,” the Clippers coach said Monday.

It happened anyway, Stephen Curry clutching his right knee after slipping on the court during Golden State’s game against the Houston Rockets on Sunday.

It was an injury that could alter the complexion of the NBA playoffs because Curry is expected to miss at least two weeks for the defending champions.

The Curry medical update was especially relevant to the Clippers because the teams are on course to play each other in the Western Conference semifinals should both advance past the first round. The Warriors hold a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven series against the Rockets.

A series between the Clippers and Warriors could start as soon as Sunday in Oakland should both teams prevail in five or six games in their current round. Curry is scheduled to be re-evaluated in two weeks from Monday, meaning the league’s reigning most valuable player would likely miss most or all of Golden State’s second-round series.

Prognosticators immediately lowered the Warriors’ championship odds. The sports analytics website numberFire.com gave Golden State a 7.7% chance to win the title without Curry as opposed to a 29.9% chance with him. The Clippers’ odds were boosted from 6.47% to 10.56%. But that was before Clippers guard Chris Paul broke a bone in his right hand Monday night in Game4 against Portland.

The San Antonio Spurs now have the highest odds of winning at 38.4%.

Rivers knows what it’s like to navigate the playoffs without starters; his Boston Celtics played without Kevin Garnett one season and were missing Kendrick Perkins in a Game 7 loss to the Lakers in the 2010 NBA Finals. “It’s part of it,” Rivers said. “It’s still a team game at the end of the day and you obviously don’t want a guy like [Curry] to ever go down.”

Healing the heel

Two weeks of lying in bed probably would take care of J.J. Redick’s bruised left heel. The problem is that solution isn’t an option with the Clippers in the midst of what they hope is a lengthy playoff run. Playing basketball doesn’t tend to help.

“It requires quite a bit of cutting, planting and stopping and those things all aggravate it,” Redick said Monday at the Clippers’ morning shoot-around. “So every time you play, it doesn’t get better.”

Redick did not practice in the two days preceding Game 3 and said it was probably the only time this season he was tired in a game. His shot was also lagging. Redick made two of 10 shots for five points after having scored 17 in each of the series’ first two games.

His struggles continued in Game 4 on Monday night at the Moda Center. Redick missed his first six shots and finished three for 13 for eight points.

Etc.

Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan could play a somewhat meaningful game at Staples Center this summer. USA Basketball announced it would play an exhibition on the Clippers’ home court July 24 as part of preparations for the Olympics in August in Rio de Janeiro. Griffin and Jordan are finalists to make the roster. ... Rivers was one of five finalists for the Rudy Tomjanovich Award that was presented to Toronto’s Dwane Casey. The award, voted on by the Professional Basketball Writers Assn., honors an NBA coach for his cooperation with media and fans as well as his excellence on the court.

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