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Stephen Curry won’t play in the Warriors’ next four NBA games, but Golden State says the two-time MVP is “progressing well” before returning from injury.
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry will miss at least four more games with left leg injuries, the team announced Wednesday.
Curry, who just returned to practice for the Warriors, is “making good progress,” the franchise said, adding that he would be re-evaluated in a week.
The Warriors resume play after the All-Star break with a road game Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers.
They will then play a five-game homestand against the Houston Rockets (Friday), Minnesota Timberwolves (Sunday), Portland Trail Blazers (Tuesday), Los Angeles Clippers (March 2) and New Orleans Pelicans (March 3).
After Curry was injured on February 4 in a win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Warriors went 2-3 before the All-Star break.
Stephen Curry has struggled to consistently stay on the court during the 2022-23 season
Curry suffered “partial tears to the superior tibiofibular ligaments and interosseous membrane, along with a contusion to the lower left leg.”
Curry, 34, is putting up 29.4 points, 6.4 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game this season. He was an All-Star for the ninth time, but did not play in the game in Salt Lake City on Sunday.
The two-time NBA MVP owns career averages of 24.5 points, 6.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds.
The Warriors sit ninth in the Western Conference. They are just one game away from sixth place, the final automatic playoff spot, and just one game ahead of two teams tied for 11th place.
Teams in seventh through tenth place participate in the play-in tournament for the conference’s final two postseason bids.
Golden State will be missing another starter on Thursday. Andrew Wiggins, who missed the last game before the break for personal reasons, is also listed as ‘out’ for the race against the Clippers.
Curry was injured during a February 4 win over the Dallas Mavericks in San Francisco.
He was an All-Star for the ninth time, but did not play in the game in Salt Lake City.