April 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Point guard Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors was officially ruled out for Saturday night's game against the New Orleans Pelicans because of a left knee contusion. The two-time NBA MVP sustained the injury in Wednesday night's 120-111 win at Phoenix when he scored 42 points. Saturday's game marks teammate Kevin Durant's first game back after missing five weeks because of a knee injury. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said this week that the club would be looking to add "a pass-first point guard" because of injuries. - - -The Los Angeles Lakers assigned rookie guard David Nwaba to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League.

Source: Economic Times April 08, 2017 22:50 UTC