Steph Curry harm replace: Warriors star undergoes MRI
SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors obtained some mildly encouraging information on an in any other case regarding harm scenario surrounding their ailing famous person.
Golden State introduced in a press launch on Thursday night that Steph Curry underwent an MRI on his proper knee, and that outcomes got here again destructive for any kind of structural injury. Nevertheless, he will likely be out the following 10 days, which is able to imply he is not going to be accessible for the Warriors’ subsequent 5 video games.
“It’s simply lingering soreness, and we had been hoping clearly that he’d be prepared for tonight after getting the All-Star break off, however that wasn’t the case,” coach Steve Kerr mentioned. “He simply wants extra time.”
The earliest Curry might return to the courtroom is a house recreation towards the Clippers on March 2.
Curry will miss his sixth consecutive recreation on Thursday — a showdown with Boston — with patellofemoral ache syndrome in his proper knee (runner’s knee) regardless of sitting out the entire All-Star break, apart from one viral jumper with the NBC broadcast crew.
Curry’s knee soreness can solely heal by way of relaxation, and he didn’t take part in Golden State’s apply on Wednesday afternoon.
Curry has performed in 39 video games, main the Warriors in scoring with a median of 27.2 factors per recreation. He additionally nonetheless leads the NBA in 3-pointers made per recreation (4.5) and free throw proportion (93%) and is clearly nonetheless one of many elite gamers within the league.
Nevertheless, as a result of the NBA requires gamers to play in at the very least 65 video games to be eligible for season honors equivalent to All-NBA and MVP, 37-year-old Curry is not going to add one other All-NBA accolade to his assortment. Thursday’s recreation would be the seventeenth Curry has missed this season, and yet another will make him ineligible. That’s the least of the Warriors’ considerations, although, as they put together to face Boston and start a 27-game dash to the postseason.
If the Warriors are to make any kind of critical noise within the playoffs, they want their greatest participant to be wholesome for the video games that matter. The Warriors return from the weeklong break in eighth place within the Western Convention, 4.5 video games behind the Phoenix Suns for the sixth and remaining assured playoff spot.
Golden State is already with out the “Robin” to Curry’s “Batman” after Jimmy Butler went down final month with a torn ACL, which is able to seemingly sideline him into subsequent season.
“It’s just a little tough, however we’re going to maintain plugging away at it, and Steph will take the suitable steps,” Kerr mentioned Wednesday.
