TORONTO — DeMarcus Cousins and his white headband are back in business.
The Golden State Warriors center made his postseason return Thursday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. At the start of the second quarter, he was among the Warriors who took the court against Toronto with the Raptors leading 25-21.
Cousins hadn’t played since April 15, when he suffered an injury to his left quadriceps during Game 2 of the first round against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Early in the quarter, Cousins fed a pass to Klay Thompson, who was cutting through the lane and dunked the ball, giving Cousins an assist to pull the Warriors within 27-26.
Cousins Threads the Needle to Klay pic.twitter.com/g4DjWOENv3
Cousins missed a 19-foot jumper about a minute later, then scored his first points on two free throws after he was fouled by Fred VanVleet with 9:15 left in the quarter
"I think because he's been out for six, seven weeks and because he's a big guy I don't know that his wind and legs will allow him to play big minutes," Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters before the game. "But I know that he can help us in bursts and we'll have to figure out what that means."
Cousins played four minutes in the second quarter before returning to the bench with two assists and a steal while missing both of his shots from the field.
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