SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥� Coach Steve Kerr still believes Stephen Curry could return to the Golden State Warriors before the regular season ends after missing two months with a right knee injury.
鈥淪ure, yeah, absolutely,鈥� Kerr said Tuesday, when Curry participated in a full practice on his troublesome knee and did 5-on-5 scrimmaging, but it was a light session for the team returning from a road trip.
The 38-year-old Curry won’t play in a home game Wednesday night against San Antonio and isn’t expected to return in the back-to-back Thursday versus Cleveland.
鈥淚’m headed in the right direction,鈥� Curry said in a video call.
That would leave five games remaining in the regular season, and Curry is highly unlikely to play on consecutive nights for the Warriors, who are headed for the play-in tournament. He has missed the last 25 games since playing against Detroit on Jan. 30.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a good step for him. He won鈥檛 play tomorrow,鈥� Kerr said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just a progression from here, so if he鈥檚 feeling well we鈥檒l scrimmage again and we鈥檒l just go from there.鈥�
Kerr said Tuesday’s session was all drill work both offensively and defensively, 鈥渉alf-speed.鈥�
After a 116-93 loss at Denver on Sunday night, the Warriors dropped to 13-23 this season without Curry 鈥� including 9-16 during this stretch with him sidelined by patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Golden State is 13-24 without Jimmy Butler, going 11-20 since his season-ending right knee injury
Curry’s presence provides an immediate lift. He leads the Warriors in scoring with 27.2 points per game and the original
鈥淚t’s amazing, man, just to have him out there with us, it’s always great. We have a lot more confidence when we have a guy like Steph out on the court, no doubt about it,鈥� forward Gui Santos said, noting how valuable Curry is even when he’s not in uniform. 鈥淚 hope he’s out there with us soon, it’s going to be great.鈥�
Even if the intensity wasn’t like a typical practice, Kerr knows how much it means to all of the Warriors to have the two-time NBA MVP back on the floor in any capacity.
鈥淭he gym was bouncier,” he said, “everyone鈥檚 spirits are lifted when he鈥檚 playing.”
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