Warriors news: How Stephen Curry's MCL injury may go from bad to worse

Stephen Curry, who finally made his return to the Warriors' starting lineup following a six-game absence with a sprained right ankle, was knocked out of the game during the third quarter by teammate JaVale McGee.

Here we go again. The injury bug continues to bite the Golden State Warriors (54-18) over and over during the 2017-18 NBA season.

Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry, who finally made his return to the Warriors' starting lineup following a six-game absence with a sprained right ankle, was knocked out of the game during the third quarter when center JaVale McGee fell onto his teammate's left knee while contesting the shot of Atlanta Hawks power forward Mike Muscala.

According to a tweet on Friday night from Warriors beat reporter Anthony Slater of The Athletic, it was confirmed that it was a left MCL sprain for Curry with an MRI scheduled for Saturday morning.

Slater proceeded to break down the severity of the situation on Twitter and compared Curry's Grade 1 MCL sprain during the 2016 NBA Playoffs and the Grade 2 MCL sprain suffered by superstar forward Kevin Durant last season.

“Curry had a Grade 1 MCL sprain in right knee in 2016 playoffs, missed 15 days. Durant had a Grade 2 MCL sprain last season, missed six weeks. Playoffs start three weeks from tomorrow,” Slater tweeted.

This is such a horrible timing for Curry and the rest of the Warriors as the team looks to win back-to-back championship titles.

“Kind of a strange and cruel twist of fate. He rehabs his ankle for the last couple of weeks and gets that strong, and then the knee goes. So we'll see what happens and keep our fingers crossed,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said after the victory, per a video tweeted by Slater.

During the 106-94 win over the Hawks at Oracle Arena on Friday night, Curry was having a great game up until his injury with a team-high 29 points on 10-of-18 shooting in only 25 minutes of action.