Looney of the Warriors probably in the final with a break

Golden State Warriors striker Kevon Looney may be lost for the rest of the NBA finals with a fractured upper right body of the first costal cartilage.

Looney "will be absent indefinitely," confirmed the Warriors on Monday night, following an MRI in the San Francisco Bay Area, after missing the second half of the NBA Finals 109-104 win, Sunday, in front of the Toronto Raptors. The costal cartilage connects the sternum to the ribs.

Without Looney, the Warriors will become more dependent on the center, the Cousins ​​DeMarcus, who made a strong comeback in the second game.

Looney seemed to have dragged his right shoulder in the first period, but we do not know when he was injured.

At the same time, the Warriors are optimistic that swingman Klay Thompson will play with slight hamstring tension in the third game at Oakland on Wednesday, a league source told ESPN. He will rehabilitate his injury over the next two days.

Thompson, who is officially considered "doubtful" for the next game, came out in the fourth quarter of the second game with a left hamstring tendon. After the match, he declared that he was waiting to play the third match, the series being tied at one game each.

The MRI results from Thompson were slightly delayed as the Warriors' charter aircraft landed later than expected Monday morning, which delayed the process by a few hours. The plane only returned to Oakland after 4 am local time, Monday.

Injuries in the second game were the last setbacks of a Warriors group that was already playing without Kevin Durant, who continues to treat a right calf injury. Meanwhile, swingman Andre Iguodala faces a persistent injury to the calf.

The Warriors remain encouraged by the fact that they have always found a way to win the second game and by the belief that Durant will be back at some point in the series. Kerr said before Sunday's game that he was "feasible" Durant could participate in a training and then a final match.

A second flight of the Warriors from Toronto, carrying staff and family members, had to leave after the second match, but had a mechanical problem that forced the plane to return to his door. The second flight arrived in Oakland late Monday afternoon. Staff members traveling in coaches and aircraft players were happy to have taken the first flight.

Nick Friedell's ESPN information was used in this report.