Warriors star Kevin Durant in search of the rest of the semifinals of the West

The Durant, Golden State Warriors will not have to follow Kevin Durant, the playoff goalscorer, as they try to shut down the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals.

"Well, we'll just find someone on the bench who can give us 35 points, two blocks, 11 tips and nine assists," coach Steve Kerr said on his return to Houston on Thursday night.

An MRI exam on Thursday confirmed the initial diagnosis of the Warriors' right-handed calf, announced during Wednesday's 104-99 win at Oracle Arena.

While the Warriors were back in Houston for the sixth game on Friday, Durant stayed in the Bay Area for treatment. It needs to be re-evaluated next week, which means that if there was a decisive play in the Sunday series in the Sunday series, it would also be missing. Warriors lead the series 3-2.

"He's been the NBA's best player in the playoffs, he's been phenomenal, so it's a huge loss, but our team has a lot of confidence," Kerr said. "They trust each other, they won championships together, so we go out and give the best of ourselves, we try to mix and match queues and find minutes and contributions where they are. we had not known them until now. " in this series. The guys will have opportunities that have not been lucky yet. It will be a little different. But nothing prevents us from winning. "

During limped in the locker room after awkwardly landing the right foot after a base jump with a gap of 2: 11 left in the third quarter on Wednesday.

The Warriors initially feared that the most valuable player in the NBA finals in the NBA finals had hurt his Achilles, a much bigger problem.

"It's a tough injury," said teammate Klay Thompson. "We'll have to collectively catch up for what he's done – we've already done it – it's going to be incredibly difficult – it's the playoffs, and I know they're not going to feel sorry." for us, the media, the fans We will do everything in our power, that's all we can do, and if we do that, I'm confident that all the men on this team will come in his absence. We wish him a speedy recovery because we are not the same team without him. "

Durant, who leads all playoff markers with 34.2 points per game, finished with 22 points, five rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes.

Golden State has already been deprived of wounded stars like Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green or Thompson. The Warriors' coaching staff planned to use the flight to reconfigure the rotations for game 6 without Durant, and Kerr said, "I feel pretty good about it, but I'm not going to share it with you or with other people. as our team. " . "

"Every time you see something like that, it's scary," Curry said after the match. "We could see his expression, he did not really understand what was going on at that moment, he tried to understand him and went straight back to the cloakroom, and during the waiting period we all looked at each other. some were smiling about what it meant for us as the team, the guys who were going to have to intervene in those times.Once again, the mentality of the next man-high, Draymond l? said at one point during this time.

"It's hard not to think about your team-mate and your brother as he's back in the locker room to get checked in. But we've been able to retreat and find a way to win the match. we regroup and understand the whole situation evolves. "

Kevon Looney will certainly play more minutes than Wednesday. The big man grabbed nine rebounds, five on the offensive window, to give the bench a good boost.

"We are still very positive," said Looney. "Our team has a proven track record of having played without key players, so whatever happens, it happens, we are ready and we are convinced that we have enough to win."