Curry will be officially re-evaluated on Sunday
During the fourth quarter of Saturday's game between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN's Malika Andrews asked Stephen Curry about his knee injury.
"I'm feeling better," Curry said. "This is a weird one. It's kinda unpredictable how it will heal, but every day since All-Star Weekend it's been progress. That's all I can ask for. Hopefully I'll be back out there soon."
Andrews then asked what he's expecting to hear when he's re-evaluated on Sunday.
"It's gonna be a little bit longer," Curry said. "Right now, with this one, it's just about, can you stack good days, and I've done that. So hopefully I can at least be on the court soon."
Curry then explained if returning has anything to do with pain tolerance.
"Once I get back on the court, it is a little bit of a pain-tolerance thing. But it's something that you don't want to have lingering because it can get worse."
Warriors Have Daunting Next 3 Games
Even with Curry, the next three games were going to be very challenging. Without him, winning one would be great.
First, the Warriors play the Clippers on Monday. Los Angeles has lost three straight, but all were very close games against playoff teams. Before that stretch, the Clippers won 21 of 28 games. And they are expected to get trade deadline acquisition Darius Garland healthy for his LAC debut against the Warriors.
Next, the Warriors play the Rockets in Houston. And then they play the Thunder in Oklahoma City.
Golden State has no reason to rush Curry back. Even they lose all three, the Warriors (31-29) will have plenty of time to pass the Blazers (29-32) or Clippers (27-31) if one gets ahead of them.
Golden State should be targeting eighth place at worst. Teams that are in seventh and eighth get two chances in the play-in tournament to win one game to make the playoffs. Teams in ninth and 10th have to win both games in the play-in tournament to make the playoffs.
