Kerr: Warriors will play Curry in play-in tourney if healthy

DALLAS — Stephen Curry will be obtainable for the play-in match if his ailing proper knee permits, as Golden State coach Steve Kerr dismissed the notion that the Warriors would sit their celebrity with out a assured spot in the playoffs.

Kerr stated earlier than Golden State’s recreation at Dallas on Monday evening that Curry’s deliberate participation in observe a day earlier was postpone by the medical workers. A six-game street journey ends in opposition to the Mavericks, and the Warriors will resolve what’s subsequent for Curry after they get residence.

“It’s all just part of the rehab and all the different testing he does,” Kerr stated. “Just pushed back a day or two.”

The Warriors are in tenth place in the Western Conference, and if they end the season in that remaining spot in the play-in match, they must win two street video games to make the playoffs.

Curry hasn’t performed since Jan. 30 as he offers with patellofemoral ache syndrome and bone bruising in the knee. Golden State entered Monday 23-16 with Curry and 10-22 with out him, together with a 1-8 stretch that has dropped the Warriors to 6-15 since his newest harm.

“We’re not chasing a play-in berth. We are squarely in the play-in no matter what we do,” Kerr stated. “Bottom line, if Steph is healthy, he’s going to play because that’s what we’re here for. The chance to get into the playoffs is a big deal for us, big deal for Steph.”

At the identical time, Kerr stated that if there’s any threat of longer-term injury to the knee, Curry will not play. The 38-year-old leads the Warriors in scoring at 27.2 factors per recreation.

Kerr deflected the query of whether or not Curry was upset that his return to observe was postpone not less than two extra days.

Golden State had initially hoped he would return proper after the All-Star break, and Curry sat out the All-Star Game this 12 months.

“It’s been a long haul,” Kerr stated. “He’s dying to get out there for sure.”