Stephen Curry has a right thumb injury, but the Warriors superstar won’t use that as an excuse for his recent subpar shooting, Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN writes. Curry missed all eight of his second-half field goal attempts in a loss to the Lakers on Saturday. He’s averaging 16.5 points per game over his last four outings.
“It sucks, but it’s not an excuse for anything,” Curry said. “Got to play through it. I went 8-for-8 with it [against the Sixers). It’s just something that has been lingering to the point that it gets hit every once in a while. It’s one of those things. It is almost gone, and then it gets knocked again. I will deal with it, but it shouldn’t bother me like it did (Saturday).”
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- De’Aaron Fox has a sprained right thumb but, like Curry, the Kings guard says he can play through it. Fox went 6-of-20 against the Knicks on Saturday and has shot 32% from the field over his last six games. “People can make up the excuse they want,” he said, per Chris Biderman of the Sacramento Bee. “Sometimes you just don’t play well. I’m just missing shots. That’s the way the game goes sometimes.”
- In his fourth game since being acquired by the Suns, Nick Richards had a 20-point, 19-rebound outing against Washington on Saturday. “I’m just taking full advantage of it,” Richards said of his opportunity to be Phoenix’s starting center, per a tweet from PHNX Sports (video link). “It was a great time in Charlotte, I had the most amazing time with some of the best people in the world. But I’m here right now, and I’m taking full advantage of every single thing that the Suns are giving me.”
- Suns rookie forward Ryan Dunn won’t play on Monday against the Clippers. He’s listed as out due to a left ankle sprain, Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports tweets. Dunn, who has started 24 games, played just two minutes against the Wizards before suffering the injury.
I think the injury is definitely affecting Steph, buy not just the thumb one. I am not sure he has fully recovered from his knee/ankle injuries.
After what happened with Klay have to wonder if Steph will hang it up and go out on top
Before the Warriors overpay Draymond and Steph gets a team friendly deal?
Steph’s knee has been acting up for the last month. Still not 100% you can tell by him not running around as much on offense.
Good on Steph for not making excuses, but I think if anyone can fairly blame bad shooting on an injury it’s him.
Richards has had three good games so far since being acquired by the Suns, just by doing what you expect every big man do to do. Grab double-digit rebounds, attack the rim, finish through contact to get some FTs, play big by setting screens and protecting the paint. Viola, the Suns are suddenly better. Having him start and Plumlee come off the bench just stabilizes the whole rotation, since he’s replacing Nurkic, who can’t hack it any longer on defense.
Richards who went to Suns. Would have been a decent upgrade for Warriors. They could still make another move after. Suns are on the clock now. KD is on his last yrs.