Curry to be on minutes restriction in Warriors’ must-win play-in

Stephen Curry is one in all three Golden State Warriors who will be on a minutes restriction in the staff’s play-in recreation towards the Clippers in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr stated Sunday that Curry, Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford will all play fewer than 40 minutes in the must-win recreation.

The recreation is a rematch of Sunday’s regular-season finale received by the Clippers 115-110. If the Warriors lose, a season the staff would probably like to overlook ends. Golden State clinched the final of 4 play-in berths at 37-45.

Curry has been battling knee accidents many of the season and Jimmy Butler tore his ACL in early January. Horford has been coping with a calf harm whereas Draymond Green and Porzingis have each been nursing sore backs.

The Warriors have tried to handle the minutes of their getting older superstars all season, and the play-in recreation is not any totally different. Kerr has been vocal in regards to the league needing to undertake a shorter regular-season schedule to forestall such accidents.

“I know this will not be a popular opinion in the league office, but I will continue to say it because it’s obvious we need to play fewer games — we need to take 10 games off the schedule,” he stated in March. “I think it would be a more competitive and healthier league if we played fewer games.”

For the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard rested for the ultimate video games of the season in preparation for the play-in. Leonard averaged a career-high 27.9 factors, 6.4 rebounds and three.6 assists throughout a principally wholesome season in which he performed his second-most video games as a Clipper. He performed 68 video games two seasons in the past after being restricted to 37 in 2024-25 due to accidents.