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Kerr shares when Steph could return after missing Dubs-Thunder game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – Steph Curry will miss Wednesday night’s marquee matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chase Center, but coach Steve Kerr expects the Warriors superstar back in the very near future. As in the Warriors’ next game when they take on the Suns in Phoenix on Saturday night.
Curry did not partake in the Warriors’ intense practice Tuesday after dropping two consecutive games where they held large leads. He popped up on the Warriors’ injury report with bilateral patellofemoral pain, which essentially is soreness in both of his knees, and officially was ruled out on Wednesday’s 12:30 p.m. PT injury report.
Kerr said he found out Wednesday morning that Curry wouldn’t be able to play against OKC, but his injury isn’t anything new.
“He’s been banged up the last week,” Kerr said Wednesday during his pregame press conference. “His knees have been bothering him, so this wasn’t a surprise.”
Warriors director of sports medicine and performance Rick Celebrini called Kerr on Wednesday morning to recommend not playing Curry, and the coach agreed.
In the Warriors’ 128-120 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, Curry scored a team-high 28 points, but 16 of his 17 shot attempts were 3-pointers. He also played under 30 minutes for the seventh time this season, or half the games he has played.
The 36-year-old is averaging only 29.7 minutes per game this season, which would be his lowest for a full season. Curry averaged 27.8 minutes when he played just five games in the 2019-20 season, and 28.2 minutes in his injury-shortened third season in the NBA.
That’s the reality of Father Time, wear and tear for a four-time champion coming off a summer of winning gold at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
“At 36, you’re just going to have more aches and pains,” Kerr said. “Fortunately the MRI that he had yesterday was negative, but he needs some time to clear the tendinitis that’s in his knees right now and hopefully the next couple of days will do that.”
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Publish date : 2024-11-28 02:13:00
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