Stephen Curry returns to Warriors starting lineup

Anthony Slater: Warriors starting lineup for Game 5 is officially submitted Steph Curry Jordan Poole Klay Thompson Andrew Wiggins Draymond Green
Source: Twitter @anthonyVslater

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Stephen Curry on the Warriors’ fourth-quarter mindset tonight: pic.twitter.com/vGmhqatZWg – 1:46 AM Mark Haynes @markhaynesnba
Klay Thompson: “Steph Curry is a special, special player, and you’ll probably never see another player like him again.” – 1:37 AM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Nuggets go big, but too much Stephen Curry has Warriors winning Game 5, advancing nba.nbcsports.com/2022/04/28/nug… – 1:31 AM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Gary Payton II and Stephen Curry outscored Nuggets 21-20 in fourth quarter
Another Splash Brother! – 12:57 AM StatMuse @statmuse
Most playoff games with 5+ threes:
49 — Steph Curry
49 — Next two players combined pic.twitter.com/xx5a2uWqYE – 12:35 AM StatMuse @statmuse
Steph Curry closeout game:
30 PTS
5 REB
5 AST
5 3PT
He finally earned that starting spot. pic.twitter.com/n4MNfBTkmt – 12:33 AM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry with 16, 34, 27, 33 and 30 points in this series. Started it on a strict minutes limit, hadn’t played in a month, came off the bench the first four games, looked rusty for about one half and like himself the rest of the series. Closed the Nuggets out. – 12:32 AM Mike Vorkunov @MikeVorkunov
Steph Curry with no chill for the Nuggets. He put them to bed for the season and is letting them know pic.twitter.com/SW9gPmXIg3 – 12:31 AM Mark Haynes @markhaynesnba
Stephen Curry had to work for that last bucket, but he was determined to score. The Warriors lead 99-94 with 29.9 left in the game. – 12:29 AM Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Curry putting ’em to sleep again. – 12:28 AM Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress
Nice effort by Jokic on that Curry layup. – 12:28 AM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
Curry did the good night again – 12:27 AM Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Curry has dug deep to summon these explosive moves late. – 12:24 AM Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Curry 2-8 from 2. Warriors shooting 41% from 2, 16/37 in the paint. – 12:16 AM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
That’s 5 on Jokic, so he sits. And 3 team fouls on the Nuggets. The entire offense should be getting Curry isolated on Cousins – 12:06 AM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
Jokic returns with 8:48 left and a one point lead. Curry returns with him – 12:05 AM Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Your leading scorers in Game 5 with 8:48 left in the 4th: DeMarcus Cousins and Steph Curry both with 19 points. – 12:04 AM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
Curry played 37 minutes last game. He’s at 29:03 now. Gotta imagine he’s coming back in the next minute or so – 12:02 AM James Boyd @RomeovilleKid
Every time I watch the Warriors, I think about how the #Pacers beat them at Chase Center on the second night of a back-to-back with no starters. Granted Draymond Green didn’t play, but Steph Curry had 39, yet undrafted Keifer Sykes outscored him 5-0 in OT. Crazy, fun game. – 11:57 PM Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Good sub here by Kerr, Curry needed a break. – 11:52 PM Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
Warriors use an 11-2 run to cut a 10-point deficit to one with 4:05 left in the third quarter. A couple of very timely 3’s from Steph Curry. – 11:47 PM James Boyd @RomeovilleKid
It’s so funny seeing teams not step up when Steph Curry comes around a screen. Like bruh, that’s the best shooter EVER. 😂 – 11:47 PM Kevin Pelton @kpelton
Could feel that Michael Malone timeout coming before the ball even left Steph Curry’s hands. – 11:46 PM CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Stephen Curry. – 11:46 PM Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Not good enough from Jokic, 1 on the clock they were of course handing off to Curry he didn’t get out there. – 11:45 PM CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Warriors and Nuggets are knotted up at 48 heading into the locker room. Ugly half of basketball. Both teams shot just 40 percent and combined for 15 turnovers.
Curry: 10 points (4-11)
Thompson: 9 points (2-6)
Poole: 8 points (3-6)
Wiggins: 6 points (2-4) – 11:14 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS
Timeout GSW, trailing 46-45 1:49 Q2
Sloppy/reckless on both ends
Curry/Thompson 5/16 FG – 11:08 PM CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Jonathan Kuminga sighting with 5:27 left in the half. He’s out there with Curry, Thompson, Wiggins and Green. Warriors up 41-39. – 11:00 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS
After 1 at Chase Center: Warriors 30, Nuggets 25
-Curry 8, Thompson/Wiggins/Poole 6 each
-FG: 43.5/40.0
-10 FGs, 8 assists
Looney 2 fouls
-minus-4 rebounding
-minus-6 paint points – 10:40 PM CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Warriors lead the Nuggets 30-25 after one. Curry has a team-high 8 points (3-8). Thompson, Wiggins and Poole each have 6. Aaron Gordan has 12 points on 4-4 shooting for Denver. – 10:39 PM Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrews
Austin Rivers tells Michael Malone to call a timeout after losing his step while defending Curry. Rivers heads straight to the locker room. Pregame, I saw Rivers massaging out his right hamstring and limping a bit. Appears to have re-aggravated it. – 10:30 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Austin Rivers went right to the locker room after he was back cut by Steph Curry for that layup. Clearly tweaked something. Whacked something off the stationary bike on the way down the tunnel. Never a great sign. – 10:29 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
Something just happened to Austin Rivers on that Curry back cut. he immediately called for the Nuggets trainers and walked out of the tunnel – 10:29 PM Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Austin Rivers gave up that backdoor cut to Steph Curry and limped straight to the locker room. – 10:28 PM Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
Curry just stood at the free throw line in disbelief after he missed another free throw – 10:24 PM CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
So Aaron Gordon gets called for an offensive foul, steps over Draymond Green. Green doesn’t like it, pushed Gordon off. Gordan gets slapped with a tech. Curry misses the free throw. – 10:23 PM CJ Holmes @CjHolmes22
Curry taking “let’s get this series over with” 3s. – 10:21 PM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Stephen Curry misses a layup on Golden State’s first possession of the game. Aaron Gordon draws a foul on Draymond Green on Denver’s first trip down. Gordon splits his free throws. – 10:07 PM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Game 5 starters: Golden State benching Kevon Looney to get Curry in the starting five. pic.twitter.com/0uWOJ6Q4PG – 9:52 PM Nick DePaula @NickDePaula
Stephen Curry debuts the “What The Dell” Curry 9s — honoring every team his father Dell Curry played for in his career. pic.twitter.com/3LOACti0q8 – 9:45 PM Mark Haynes @markhaynesnba
It’s official Stephen Curry is back in the starting lineup with Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, and Draymond Green. Game 5 is on the way. pic.twitter.com/oThzx9IIeo – 9:35 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Denver starts:
Monte Morris
Will Barton
Aaron Gordon
Jeff Green
Nikola Jokić
Golden State starts:
Stephen Curry
Jordan Poole
Klay Thompson
Andrew Wiggins
Draymond Green – 9:34 PM Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrews
Warriors officially name their starters:
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Jordan Poole, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green – 9:33 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Warriors starting lineup for Game 5 is officially submitted
Steph Curry
Jordan Poole
Klay Thompson
Andrew Wiggins
Draymond Green – 9:32 PM Kerith Burke @KerithBurke
Malone gasped theatrically when a reporter asked about Steph Curry likely going back in the starting line up. Malone said whether the Warriors go small or go big, they’ve seen it all. – 8:36 PM StatMuse @statmuse
Steph Curry playoff career
Starter 6th Man
37.9 MPG 29.3
26.4 PPG 29.7
55.7 eFG% 61.5 pic.twitter.com/Nq5QrM7URN – 7:15 PM Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrews
I’m told Steph Curry is expected to return to the starting lineup tonight for Game 5. Kevon Looney will move to the bench, meaning the lethal small-ball lineup will be the starters. – 7:08 PM Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS
Multiple sources: All signs point to Warriors opening Game 5 vs DEN with the small lineup. Stephen Curry moves in, Kevon Looney moves out and Draymond Green moves to center. As previously indicated by @Shams Charania – 6:44 PM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
📅 On this day in 2021, the @Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard made his 2,000th career 3P in a 133-112 win over the Pacers.
Lillard became the 10th player in NBA history to reach that mark.
He’s the second-fastest player to do so (671 games), trailing only Stephen Curry (597). pic.twitter.com/jAghh2PCrC – 3:01 PM Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
The Nuggets upped their physicality on Jordan Poole in Game 4. It’s something Steph Curry and Klay Thompson went through in the playoffs over the years. They give their perspective on how to combat it.
Curry: “I went through those Cleveland series and learned that.” pic.twitter.com/nmf5DnTHyE – 3:00 PM Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Sources: There is momentum toward the Golden State Warriors having their most lethal lineup as the starting five tonight vs. Denver in Game 5 – Stephen Curry back in, with Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green. Final decision to be made today. – 2:40 PM Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Although his minute restriction has been lifted, Steve Kerr won’t reveal if Steph Curry is rejoining the starting lineup for game five against the Nuggets. warriorswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/26/ste… – 1:00 PM Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
Good read here from @ronkroichick on the bond that ties Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry: sfchronicle.com/sports/warrior… – 11:59 AM Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Warriors Wire lists the team’s top salary for each season since 1990-91, including Chris Mullin, Baron Davis, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/who-was-… – 4:00 AM J. Michael Falgoust @ThisIsJMichael
Seriously, when it comes to snaking the dribble, manipulating the big in the drop and hitting that mid-range jumper while smashing you in the nads simultaneously, CP3 is like Steph Curry shooting 3s. He dont miss. He the 🐐 – 12:35 AM

More on this storyline

Ohm Youngmisuk: Asked about Steph starting, Michael Malone jokingly faked liked he was shocked. Malone says they know who finishes games for them. He won’t overreact to any moves from Golden State. -via Twitter @NotoriousOHM / April 27, 2022 Anthony Slater: Steph Curry no longer has any minute restriction. Prevailing expectation is he will return to the Warriors starting lineup in Game 5, but Steve Kerr declined to reveal. -via Twitter @anthonyVslater / April 26, 2022 Anthony Slater: Steph Curry played 37 minutes tonight. Minutes restriction basically lifted. It feels like a near guarantee he will return to the starting lineup in Game 5 on Wednesday in SF. -via Twitter @anthonyVslater / April 24, 2022