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\n Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says Stephen Curry will participate in the play-in tournament if his injured right knee permits. Curry has been sidelined since January 30th with knee issues, and the Warriors have struggled significantly without their star player.\n <\/p>\n
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DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr confirmed that Stephen Curry will take part in the upcoming play-in tournament, provided his troubled right knee is healthy enough to compete. Kerr rejected any suggestion that the team would bench their franchise player given the Warriors\u2019 uncertain playoff position.<\/p>\n
Speaking before Golden State\u2019s matchup in Dallas on Monday evening, Kerr revealed that medical personnel postponed Curry\u2019s anticipated return to practice by at least a day. The Warriors will wrap up their six-game road swing against the Mavericks before determining Curry\u2019s next steps once they return home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all just part of the rehab and all the different testing he does,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cJust pushed back a day or two.\u201d<\/p>\n
Currently sitting in 10th position in the Western Conference standings, the Warriors face an uphill battle if they maintain that final play-in spot, requiring victories in two away games to secure a playoff berth.<\/p>\n
The superstar guard has been absent from action since January 30th while battling patella-femoral pain syndrome and bone bruising in his knee. Golden State posted a 23-17 record with Curry in the lineup but has gone just 10-22 without him, including a devastating 1-8 slide that contributed to their 6-15 mark since his most recent injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not chasing a play-in berth. We are squarely in the play-in no matter what we do,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cBottom line, if Steph is healthy, he\u2019s going to play because that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for. The chance to get into the playoffs is a big deal for us, big deal for Steph.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Kerr emphasized that if there\u2019s any possibility of causing additional long-term harm to the knee, Curry will remain on the sidelines. The 38-year-old veteran paces the Warriors in scoring with 27.2 points per contest.<\/p>\n
When asked about Curry\u2019s reaction to the delayed practice return, Kerr avoided giving specifics.<\/p>\n
The organization had originally targeted a comeback immediately following the All-Star break, though Curry chose to skip this year\u2019s All-Star Game due to his injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a long haul,\u201d the coach said. \u201cHe\u2019s dying to get out there for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says Stephen Curry will participate in the play-in tournament if his injured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[80926,80927,7,80920,80928,80922,80923,80921,479,164,4025,4024,80924,6,255,80925],"class_list":{"0":"post-675678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-fine-day","12":"tag-fine-day-102-3","13":"tag-fine-day-fm","14":"tag-fine-day-media","15":"tag-fine-day-radio","16":"tag-golden-state","17":"tag-golden-state-warriors","18":"tag-goldenstate","19":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","20":"tag-have-a-fine-day","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-warriors","23":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116282096560007487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}