The Golden State Warriors lost Stephen Curry but won Game 1 of their second-round NBA playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Curry exited early in the second quarter, did not return and is expected to miss a week after an MRI revealed a Grade 1 hamstring strain. Curry will definitely miss Thursday's Game 2 in Minnesota.

Most NBA consumers are privy to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ role in delivering Stephen Curry — and the dynasty he’d then pioneer — to the Golden State Warr