Stephen Curry chooses not to snitch on Zaza Pachulia when asked about ankle injury

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry discusses Zaza Pachulia's role in his ankle injury last night in Atlanta.

Stephen Curry suffered an unfortunate injury in the first quarter of Friday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks, rolling his right ankle after landing on teammate Zaza Pachulia prior to the end of the quarter while attempting to haul in a defensive rebound.

Despite of this, the Golden State Warriors point guard would not snitch on his teammate, who already had a rough prior week, dealing with the controversy surrounding Russell Westbrook.

“I don't know, man,” Curry said, laughing — obviously avoiding to talk about Pachulia. “I don't know whose foot it was. A lot of traffic in there.”

Pressed again for an answer, Curry remained resilient.

“I don't know, man,” Curry said, pleading the Fifth, yet again. “Just like whoever's foot I stepped on, I don't know.”

Whose foot did you step on? Still plan to play Augusta tomorrow despite the ankle twist?
Steph Curry pleads the 5th pic.twitter.com/JQIIob8tWQ

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 3, 2018

Curry's injury looked bad, but he bounced back up and was removed soon after and taken back to the locker room for further examination.

Stephen Curry tweaks ankle in 1st, but will available to return per @KerithBurke pic.twitter.com/1Jw3FPMeJe

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) March 3, 2018

The Warriors point guard would return after his usual second-quarter rest and score 15 points in the period, finishing with 25 at the half, with no signs of an injury slowing him down.

After nailing a 3-pointer in the third quarter, head coach Steve Kerr was made aware of some limping by performance therapist Chelsea Lane, who made a case for sitting Curry out for the remainder of the game.

“Chelsea tapped me on the shoulder and said it looked like he was limping a bit,” Kerr said, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. “I watched him and I agreed with her. Then at the next timeout, we talked to him.”

Curry pleaded to stay in the game, but was overpowered by the two people that looked out for his long-term health.

“When I knew both of them were ganging up on me, I knew it was an uphill battle,” Curry said. “Sometimes, the power of Chelsea and Coach Kerr wins out. Just wanted to be precautionary and safe, make sure I didn't do any more damage.”