Curry dislocates left middle finger, but returns after X-Rays are negative

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Stephen Curry exited in the first quarter of the Warriors Game 2 matchup with the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night, only to return a few minutes later. After sustaining an apparent finger injury, the Warriors announced that Curry dislocated his left middle finger, but that X-Rays were negative.

Here's the play when the injury occured:

Here’s the play where Curry hurt his finger. pic.twitter.com/rVeInItAVq

— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) May 1, 2019

And here's Curry, clearly in pain, making his way off the floor:

Steph Curry with an apparent left hand injury, not ideal pic.twitter.com/afX0dytBsj

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 1, 2019

The injury occured at about the 8:31 mark and the star guard was able to return  just over two minutes of game clock later as a Harden injury ensued. The Rocket was poked in the eye by Draymond Green:

Steph Curry with an apparent left hand injury, not ideal pic.twitter.com/afX0dytBsj

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 1, 2019

Harden, after a trip to the locker room, returned with 7:09 to go in the second quarter.