Stephen Curry traveling on road trip with the Warriors, who loses 2 more players for at least a week

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry is traveling with Golden State on his road trip, which is the closest the Warriors get to good damage information as of late.

Curry missed his seventeenth consecutive sport Sunday night time due to proper knee ache and irritation when the Warriors confronted the New York Knicks to open their six-game trip. But the famous person guard was with the staff at Madison Square Garden, the place the Warriors revealed that two more players might be sidelined for at least a week.

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“Just feels better when he’s in the room,” coach Steve Kerr stated. “He was in our meeting today, he got a workout in this morning. So he’s trending in the right direction and he’s in good spirits, and just having him on the trip is important for our morale.”

Curry hasn’t performed since Jan. 30 and is unlikely to play on the trip, with his subsequent analysis not anticipated till subsequent weekend, when the Warriors may have already performed 5 video games. Kerr stated he’s nonetheless restricted to only doing particular person work.

He needs the two-time NBA MVP was on the court docket. Golden State is 9-18 with out Curry this season, together with 5-11 in the present stretch getting into Sunday.

“He’s just one of one and this is the longest stretch that I can remember being without him since I think it was 2020 when he missed basically the whole season,” Kerr stated, referring to when Curry broke his left hand early in the 2019-20 season and performed in simply 5 video games. “So yeah, we miss him. We miss watching him.”

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Already with out Jimmy Butler due to a torn proper ACL, the Warriors stated that Curry’s brother, Seth, and veteran ahead Al Horford each had MRI exams after their accidents. Seth Curry’s revealed a gentle left groin pressure and Horford’s a gentle left calf pressure. Both players might be evaluated once more in a week.

The Warriors additionally rested Draymond Green, Kristaps Porzingis and De’Anthony Melton on the first night time of back-to-back video games, hoping all would play Monday at Washington. They gave Malevy Leons their first profession begin whereas utilizing their eleventh completely different beginning lineup in the final 11 video games.

To add an additional physique, the Warriors signed middle Omer Yurtseven to a 10-day contract Sunday.

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