The line moved because Curry's status was upgraded from doubtful to questionable for tonight's game, but the doctor, General Manager Bob Myers, Steve Kerr and Steph Curry will all get together this afternoon and decide if he should play tonight. They definitely plan on playing him in Game 5. If he does, he will be limited on minutes as all agree that he is not in game shape. I'm going to post an article from espn.com. If it doesn't copy and paste nicely, I would recommend you read it from the website. As for the play, whether Curry plays or not, I like the Trailblazers as I did on Saturday.
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Monday upgraded the status of star point guard Stephen Curry to questionable for Game 4 versus the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Kerr had previously described Curry's status as "doubtful" on Sunday.
Curry has been out since he sprained his right MCL after slipping on a wet spot of the Toyota Center floor in a win over the Houston Rockets in Game 4 of the first round. He had previously missed Games 2 and 3 of that series after spraining his right ankle in Game 1.
Kerr began his Monday morning shootaround news conference by saying, "He's questionable for tonight. He went through shootaround, and he felt pretty good, and we'll see. He's going to get treatment again this afternoon, and he's -- I would just say questionable."
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</aside>On Curry's recent progress, Kerr said, "He played a good three-on-three yesterday. He came out of it feeling decent this morning."
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According to Kerr, the decision about whether to play Curry will be made hours before game-time tipoff at 10:30 p.m. ET.
"We'll make it after he gets treatment this afternoon," Kerr said. "We'll need to get together with the team doctor and [Warriors GM] Bob Myers, and we'll figure it out this afternoon."
When Curry does return, the Warriors will look to monitor his conditioning, given how little he has played over the past month.
"He hasn't really played consistent basketball for three weeks," Kerr said. "He played Game 1 of the Houston series for like one half. He played one half, and that was about three weeks ago? So ya, I don't think his conditioning will be great. So that's part of the discussion this afternoon."
Because of those conditioning concerns, Curry may be under a minutes limit when he finally does return.
Kerr, while indicating that Curry will likely be back for Game 5 at the very least, said, "When he plays, whether it's tonight or Wednesday, I don't imagine him playing his usual minutes. I think he's going to have to work up to that."
[h=3]Steph Curry (knee) will play on Monday, it's official[/h]
hno:
Never Doubt Curry......
He Could/Did Outplay Every Other Player On The Court.
Completely Took Over, 40 Points & 17 In OT!
And He Could OutScore/OutPlay 99% Of The NBA @ 75%!
No Shooter Like Him.....!
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Never doubted Curry. Was just pointing out that I liked Ted's play even more when a player is coming off an injury after a layoff because the overwhelming public will be on Golden State. Just looking for a small edge. Pretty sure nobody doubts him at this point. Really easy to just look at the results of the game after the fact and post Curry's stats like it was an easy play for Golden State. Nobody, even the coach who had him questionable a day before game time, had any idea he would come out and play like that because of his injury (he said this after the game verbatim). That's really impressive.
I ended up pushing, I'll take it. Curry is an animal!
Hope you get better Ted. Let us know who you like tonight.
You are simply the best dawg! U really R!
OMT - I'm 26 and I've been following you since 2005 (Yes I started young). As you can see I'm mostly just a ghost, but I've been here for the good times with you, Ace-Ace, Doc, Kojak, COLDWEATHER, CNOTES, Hacheman, Link226, therodfather, catwins (even when he used to have Roy as his avatar), and many others. You really are the real deal, man.
So to OMT, those I mentioned, and those I forgot - thank you for your continual contribution! I speak for myself and a lot of other "ghosts" in my circle of friends.
