Stephen Curry Tweaks Ankle In Loss To Kings, Expects To Play Sunday

Stephen Curry suffered an ankle scare Friday during the Golden State Warriors’ 124-118 loss to the Sacramento Kings, but expects to be healthy for Wednesday’s 9/10 Play-In game, which will likely be against the Los Angeles Clippers. The 38-year-old guard slipped on a wet spot on the floor with just over nine minutes remaining in the first quarter, coming up hobbling and sending concern through the building.

Steve Kerr immediately called timeout and watched Curry consult with Warriors VP of player health and performance Rick Celebrini on the bench. Curry returned to the game shortly after.

“He’s doing fine,” Kerr said. “It was his ankle, it wasn’t his knee. That’s why I took the timeout. I was worried it was his knee. I just saw him limping and he came over and said, ‘No, I’m fine. It’s just the ankle.’ He just tweaked it or something but he’s fine.”

Curry finished with 11 points on 3-of-8 shooting in 27 minutes, appearing uncomfortable through much of the first half before finding better rhythm after the break. He spent time with his ankle in an ice bucket postgame and received additional treatment from the training staff.

The context makes the injury particularly nerve-wracking. Curry is playing in just his third game back after missing more than two months with a runner’s knee injury.

“As long as it’s not my knee, I can deal with ankles,” Curry said. “My knee felt pretty good, even better than last game, so I’ll take that as a positive.”

Kerr confirmed the plan is for Curry to play Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Clippers. Curry said he is targeting 30-32 minutes to build rhythm ahead of Wednesday’s winner-take-all play-in matchup.

“I’ll be comfortable with it,” Curry said. “I find it hard to believe that if the game calls for a couple extra minutes that we won’t make the right decision there.”

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