Stephen Curry is back. The two-time MVP will return from his knee injury for the Warriors’ Game 4 against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, the Warriors confirmed Steve Kerr said he would indeed play assuming no setbacks during pregame warmups, and there were no setbacks.
Stephen Curry returns from knee injury for Game 4 against Blazers
The Warriors’ star ultimately missed two weeks and one day, the minimum time the original diagnosis suggested.
Cury will not start, but he will not be on a minutes limit, Kerr said.
Curry’s return comes two weeks and one day after he suffered a Grade 1 right MCL sprain following a fall in Game 4 of the Warriors’ first-round series against the Rockets. The initial Warriors timetable suggested Curry would be re-evaluated in two weeks.
Curry was listed as doubtful to play in Game 4 against Portland on Sunday, but was upgraded to questionable on Monday. He made significant strides that day that “[broke] down the Warriors’ hypercaution,” according to Bay Area News Group columnist Marcus Thompson. Portland’s Game 3 victory -- and particularly Damian Lillard’s dominating performance -- likely motivated Curry to return sooner, with the Warriors holding a 2-1 lead in the series.
Curry has played in just two halves in the postseason to date. He injured his ankle late in the first half of Game 1 against the Rockets and sat out Games 2 and 3. The Warriors are 4-2 without him in the postseason, but that doesn’t include a dominating second half in Game 4 against the Rockets once Curry was ruled out.
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