{"id":105585,"date":"2022-06-10T02:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T06:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=105585"},"modified":"2022-06-10T02:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T06:18:45","slug":"why-are-the-celtics-dropping-vs-steph-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/why-are-the-celtics-dropping-vs-steph-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are the Celtics Dropping vs Steph Curry?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"playHtListenArea\" style=\"display:none;margin: 0;\">\n\t\t<div id=\"playht-audioplayer-element\" data-play-article=\"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=105585\" data-play-audio=\"https:\/\/media.play.ht\/full_-N55hxqdTs8RtUThmSCD.mp3\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<p>BOSTON &#8212; Steph Curry hurt his foot on a pile up at the end of the Celtics&#8217; win over the Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. 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