Warriors’ Stephen Curry progressing toward possible Game 3 return
Nobody outside of the Warriors’ organization knows exactly what happened behind the ceiling-to-floor curtain at the team’s downtown Oakland practice facility Tuesday morning.
Whatever veiled workout Stephen Curry did on his sprained right knee was enough to keep the Warriors cautiously optimistic that the point guard could practice Thursday and might play as early as Saturday’s Game 3.
“He’s doing pretty well, going through the rehab process, and he’s making the improvement that we’re looking for,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. …
On the day that he won the 2015-16 Magic Johnson Award, which is given annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association to the player who best combines excellence on the court with cooperation and dignity in dealing with the media and public, Curry missed his third straight game.
The Warriors’ point guard orchestrated the team’s record-setting 73-9 regular season, which earned the defending champions the Pacific Division crown and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
Expected to win his second straight MVP award this month, Curry led the league with 30.1 points per game and also averaged 6.7 assists, 5.4 rebounds and a league-best 2.14 steals in 34.2 minutes.
Anderson Varejao was assessed a flagrant-1 foul by the NBA after it reviewed his third-quarter, Game 1 trip of Gerald Henderson, a move the Warriors’ reserve center says was accidental.
Former Warriors swingman Justin Holiday was at Oracle Arena to accept his 2015 NBA championship ring.