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Golden State Warriors<\/a> star Stephen Curry<\/a> watched as he supported his bestie\u2019s retro kicks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Curry saw LeBron James<\/a>, whom he shares origin with, look timeless again. Doing things that are difficult for a 27-year-old, forget 41. Curry wanted to be out there \u2014 who knows of another Steph vs. LeBron game in the future? \u2014 and give the world the first taste all season of this marquee matchup, but the course of the Warriors\u2019 season has had other plans.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old Warriors star could only watch as his team was dug in a deeper and deeper hole, as James looked more and more ageless.\u00a0<\/p>\n Two, just two more games to go on the season \u2014 and a whole lot to figure out. Curry is coming off an over two-month-long absence. He has played just two games since coming back. (Sheesh, that\u2019s a lot of twos.)<\/p>\n GettyStephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors<\/p>\n Golden State is still waiting on Al Horford<\/a> to get healthy and for Curry and the newly-acquired Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> to share the court just a liiiitle more. (A lot more.)<\/p>\n Things haven\u2019t progressed well so far. The biggest hurdle was obviously to get Curry back in the lineup. That\u2019s happened, but the play-in game is five days away. In five days, the Warriors\u2019 season could very well be over, and we\u2019re still sitting here drawing out the litany of things they must figure out before then.<\/p>\n Good luck with that.<\/p>\n Perhaps everyone in the organization understands in their heart of hearts that it ultimately boils down to Curry. Maybe he puts on his hero cape and single-handedly drags his guys to two play-in wins and sets up a date with the defending champs in round one.<\/p>\n Or maybe he isn\u2019t Superman, not this time, and the Warriors throw up their hands and simply say, \u201cWell, it just wasn\u2019t meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Either one of the two is likely to happen. That\u2019s just how this season has gone for the Dubs.<\/p>\n Stephen Curry\u2019s Status Becomes Clearer for Tonight\u2019s Game<\/p>\n Golden State is back at it tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n After last night\u2019s thorough loss to the equally-battered Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, the Warriors aim to get back in the win column and establish some velocity entering next week\u2019s single-elimination game.\u00a0<\/p>\n Without Curry in the lineup, Golden State predictably struggled in crucial stretches. The team could only mount a four-point lead, while the Lakers went up by as many as 27 points. The Dubs also turned the ball over far too many times, giving L.A. 19 extra possessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n The decision to sit Curry out was and wasn\u2019t surprising. Head coach Steve Kerr had made it clear days earlier that Curry wouldn\u2019t play back-to-backs, but one would think the team would choose to play the two-time MVP in Thursday\u2019s marquee game over tonight\u2019s contest against the Sacramento Kings<\/a>.<\/p>\n With the Warriors also playing on Tuesday night, perhaps the decision to rest Curry was to allow him three days between games.\u00a0<\/p>\n The good news is Curry is gearing up to play in tonight\u2019s game against the lowly Kings, whom the Curry-led Dubs beat a few nights ago in what\u2019ll be remembered as Sacramento\u2019s alleged \u201ctank\u201d game.\u00a0<\/p>\n Coach Kerr said before last night\u2019s game that Curry is set to play Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Golden State Badly Needs a Game With the Main Guys<\/p>\n The Warriors once again saw a long injury report ahead of last night\u2019s game. They\u2019ll hope that list will have shrunk greatly by the time player statuses are announced later today.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kerr did mention that he hopes Friday\u2019s game can feature a lot more of the team\u2019s key players to help prepare for the play-in game. Right now, the Warriors are in dire need of some continuity.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the hope, that\u2019d we have everybody available,\u201d Kerr said, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. \u201cWe\u2019ve been shooting for that but it\u2019s been hard to get everybody healthy, obviously, at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n Kerr expressed confidence that Horford and Porzingis will be ready to go against the Kings. Even getting those two in the lineup with Curry would make for a decent dress rehearsal.\u00a0<\/p>\n Golden State cannot move up or down in the standings, but wins and losses haven\u2019t really mattered from that perspective in quite a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n Right now, there are two challenges for the Warriors: health and not knowing their opponent in the first play-in game.\u00a0<\/p>\n Let\u2019s hope they can at least solve the first problem between now and the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tAdel Ahmad<\/a> Adel is a writer with over five years of experience covering the NBA. His work has appeared on various media platforms, both national and local. 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