DALLAS — Stephen Curry will be out there for the play-in match if his ailing proper knee permits, as Golden State coach Steve Kerr dismissed the notion that the Warriors would sit their famous person and not using a assured spot in the playoffs.
Kerr mentioned earlier than Golden State’s recreation at Dallas on Monday night time that Curry’s deliberate participation in observe a day earlier was postpone by the medical employees. A six-game street journey ends towards the Mavericks, and the Warriors will resolve what’s subsequent for Curry after they get dwelling.
“It’s all just part of the rehab and all the different testing he does,” Kerr mentioned. “Just pushed back a day or two.”
The Warriors are in tenth place in the Western Conference, and if they end the season in that last spot in the play-in match, they must win two street video games to make the playoffs.
Curry hasn’t performed since Jan. 30 as he offers with patellofemoral ache syndrome and bone bruising in the knee. Golden State entered Monday 23-16 with Curry and 10-22 with out him, together with a 1-8 stretch that has dropped the Warriors to 6-15 since his newest harm.
“We’re not chasing a play-in berth. We are squarely in the play-in no matter what we do,” Kerr mentioned. “Bottom line, if Steph is healthy, he’s going to play because that’s what we’re here for. The chance to get into the playoffs is a big deal for us, big deal for Steph.”
At the identical time, Kerr mentioned that if there’s any danger of longer-term harm to the knee, Curry will not play. The 38-year-old leads the Warriors in scoring at 27.2 factors per recreation.
Kerr deflected the query of whether or not Curry was disillusioned that his return to observe was postpone a minimum of two extra days.
Golden State had initially hoped he would return proper after the All-Star break, and Curry sat out the All-Star Game this yr.
“It’s been a long haul,” Kerr mentioned. “He’s dying to get out there for sure.”
