3:37 pm: Curry will sit out Tuesday’s game against the Bucks, Anthony Slater of The Athletic confirms (Twitter link).
10:42 am: After Stephen Curry made just 6-of-21 shots from the floor and turned the ball over a season-high seven times in Monday’s loss to Denver, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told reporters, including Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, that the star guard is “tired.”
“Steph’s been carrying us for a month,” Kerr said. “He’s been amazing. He’s tired, so we got to get him some rest. Just, you can see it. He doesn’t have his energy right now.”
Curry played some of his best basketball of the season coming out of the All-Star break last month, averaging 30.1 points per game on .521/.437/.963 shooting during a stretch of eight wins in nine games. However, his output lately has been less consistent — in Golden State’s past four games, he has put up 20.8 PPG with a .375/.341/.952 shooting line.
“He’s exhausted right now,” Kerr said. “So we’ve got to absolutely consider giving him a night and getting him rejuvenated for the sake of him and the remainder of our games. But we’ll see. I think he’s been tired the last few games, and so we’ve got to find a way to get him his juice back.”
Kerr said the team would consider “potentially” resting Curry on Tuesday vs. Milwaukee in the second game of a back-to-back set. The Warriors were holding Curry out of one game when they played on consecutive days earlier in the season, but he has appeared in both ends of each of the team’s three most recent back-to-backs.
For his part, the two-time MVP said he feels “fine,” though he admitted that his back has been bothering him since last Thursday. He was listed as questionable before Monday’s game due to a right lower back strain.
“Obviously I didn’t play great at all (vs. Denver), so everybody including Coach is going to try to figure out why,” Curry said. “Mostly the turnovers, dumb plays all night, but I had a really good run. You expect to have a level of consistency and whatnot, so when it doesn’t happen it becomes a question. I feel like (it’s) more so my back I was dealing with the last couple of days, see how that responds tomorrow, but otherwise feel pretty solid.”
Star forward Jimmy Butler, who has been playing a complementary role since arriving in Golden State at the trade deadline, suggested he and the team will make an effort to reduce take some of the pressure off Curry.
“It’s OK to be tired, and that’s on myself and on us as a unit to pick up the slack for him,” Butler said. “Everybody wants to think that he is superhuman. He is not. He is our leader, and we must protect him at all times.”
kerr should have rested him last night. You could see he been struggling with a back injury for the last week. Once Kerr found out Jokic was out he should have sat Curry. This was a big mistake by Kerr.
He was going to rest Curry either last night or tonight.
With all the Nuggets sitting out as I told you guys last week, he decided to play Curry last night to get the win. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen as planned.
If you been watching the games for the last week you could tell Curry’s back is just getting worse. Unfortunately he might need to rest for a few games not just 1.
He should have rested him both nights. And once it was clear he was struggling, why keep him in for 36 minutes?
He should have at least rested him in the 4th quarter. Warriors would have won!
Old man plays 34.1 mins. …..
Bron is at 35 mins ……. put the oxygen tanks away
link to basketball-reference.com
Bron is not even top 20. Every star plays major mins. For teams to compete you need that. I’m good with 34 mins. If you can do it during season. Having Curry fresher, stronger for playoffs. Is a good thing. If you can pull it off. Only getting sixth seed or better. Should determine that. GS and Minny tied right now.
GS has the tie breaker and has 1 less loss.
Bron is out right now.
Steph Curry usually gets his 2 to 4 weeks off early in the spring time to rest up for the stretch run and playoffs.
He did not get that this year and at 37 years old it will definitely show now and especially later.
But sitting at the 10 seed and a play in team he had to dress in January and February to fight for a playoff spot.
They could get in as the 6th seed or so, but this is going to hurt them as they try to win a round or two or three.
Can Curry sit and the Warriors play .500 ball and still maintain the six seed? Probably not. This is a tough spot right now.
How Steve Kerr navigates the final 15 games of the year will be his toughest coaching job maybe ever.
Steph Curry’s last hurrah ish, Greymond still playing well, Butler still interested, Kuminga back and healthy.
Pretty tough spot for Kerr. We’ll see how this goes.
they need Podz back as soon as today. They lack a back up PG. it showed last night with so many TO that were just bad passes not because of defense.
Draymond said after he turned the ball over 6 times, in a loss, a guy who prides himself in his assist ability, “You can’t defend turnovers”. They lead to many points the other way.
Guys it’s funny how many Hail Marys the Warriors get now.
I didn’t notice if they were doing that before Jimmy. But a lot of times there’s a guy breaking free for layups and it happened maybe five times in the second and third quarters? Mostly the second?
But yes, then it became sloppy and either Denver got back on D or the passes were crappy And so that ended.
“Steph Curry’s last hurrah” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Gary put the crack pipe down, we got 5-10 more years of this.
You can probably chock up last night to just being on a hot streak. After winning 7 in a row, 13 of their last 15, you would expect them to lose a game or two. No team is perfect.
And it wasn’t because Curry was tired.
They just fell into their worst instincts this season. TO!! You can’t defend turnovers. 55% from the free throw line. 24% from 3 point land. That’s why they lost.
2 things — either Curry is intimidated by Demver and they are messing with his head…or possibly covering up an injury. If it’s neither of these then something else is going on and folks, it ain’t pretty
I was pretty down on Denvers chances this year, but I hadn’t seen them play very much.
I figured losing bench guys every off-season would hurt them and their depth but after watching last night, they have three or four dudes that are 6-7 to 6-10 that can play.
They block shots. They run the floor. They shoot the three and handle the ball. I can’t sleep on Denver anymore and I think they’re legitimate contenders in the west.
But that’s aside from the fact that I always feared Denver as a warrior fan whether they came up with a new bench or not.
Not to sound like I am downplaying Denver, but they are much more evenly matched. The Warriors actually outscored the Nuggets in the paint last night, 64-46. Blocked more shots, 10-7. Denver out rebounded them, 58-42. But, for the season, they are even in rebounds.
Well it’s interesting you bring up that parity. How can two teams so fundamentally different hold pace in rebounds? Ever heard of a silicon valley startup called Momentus? Is it possible that some of that technology and research is assisting bay area players (i.e. the home team) with their own sort of “altitude” advantage such as they have in Denver? I’d personally like to know a bit more. Also who is footing the bill for this expensive tech?
Height doesn’t make you a better rebounder. It helps. But, it is a skill you have to learn, practice and build on.
You can look up most of the people funding a startup. Companies publish these names to attract more investors.
You’re totally missing my point. Warriors are keeping pace with Denver in rebounds for the whole season, not just against one another. While Jokic is getting multiple triple doubles in a night (yeah, look it up) steph curry is getting old (see this very article) and klay Thompson isn’t even on the team. Tech is clearly involved and I bet if you looked at that investor list you’d find one Mr Joe Lacob, unless *gasp* he’s using a pseudonym…
It is not against league rules for players other than Jokic, Thompson or Curry to rebound the ball.
What does a company involved in space flight have to do with basketball? What kind of tech do you believe the Warriors are using.
I’ll ignore the snarky comment and refrain from making one myself when you ask what does space flight have to do with basketball? With rebounding? Imagine if gravity was no longer a constraint. Yeah, you might grab an extra rebound or two if you could jump and grab it more easily than some schmuck whose team owner doesn’t have a backstage deal with silicon valley power players.
It does beg the question though, with Meyers’s exit. A lot of people thought it was to avoid tough decisions with klay. Could it be Lacob is in over his head with some dangerous people, and Meyers didn’t want to be around when that bill came due? There’s a lot of money in space and a lot of people, and governments (yes, nations), racing to be first in line…
Lil D, You may be on to something. It does seem fishy that all the Warriors players are jumping a couple of inches higher this season. As a Warriors fan, I hope you won’t tip off the league about the anti-gravity tech.
Didn’t Curry have his first dunk in a couple years like 10 days ago?
90’s answer
Spike Lee: Its gotta be the shoes
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Lil D : Musk Files
I miss the old days
Even copernicus was mocked in his day. I’ll take your derision as a tremendous compliment.
@aristotle Yeah says the rich guy. You’re probably another investor Mr season tickets
Lil D , lighten up. Did you really think you weren’t going to get teased for saying the Warriors might be using illegal anti-gravity technology?
There are 30 NBA teams, with > 10,000 season tickets for each team. A lot are on these boards. A very tiny fraction would have the means to invest in these companies as individuals. Best not to make assumptions on that basis.
The Warriors just had a bad night. It does happen to teams.
Denver beating GSW on the road without their two best players and arguably the MVP of the league is as impressive of a win as any team has had all year long. This is why Denver is a shot to take the west over OKC and Lakers/Grizzlies. All that talk about lack of depth got hushed up for a day or two with Aaron Gordon coming back. If he is healthy and productive, he’s their X factor and gives them a shot against OKC or whomever they face.
Also, why did Post only play 8 minutes last night? I saw the 2 buckets he made and thought he had a nice feel for the game last night. Did he get hurt or something?
The long guys last night gor Denver are 6-8 and 6-10 etc. They can shoot outside and Post is not quite quick enough to keep up with them and all the switching and shooting and driving.
Post is a true seven footer and with that comes lack of speed versus agile yet long wing players.
Denver looks nice with all those wings and could be a threat overall.
Agreed, after last night’s Aaron Gordon exhibition , Denver looks much stronger. The pre-season take that the West is its most competitive was true. West Confernce playoffs will rock.
Meanwhile, the East is an embarassment of non-competitiveness. Teams in place 7-10 all have losing records. Do we really have to watch Hawks vs Celtics in a first round series? Cleveland vs Bulls, anybody?
As a Celtics fan, the Hawks sound lovely.
He was a game time decision with a bad ankle, but apparently Kerr thought the Nuggets scoring at will was somehow Post’s fault.
Considering the 8-33 bricking from three, I’d call Kerr’s decision a mistake.
NBA OK, Thanks for the report on Post’s ankle. I didn’t know that. Explains quite a bit.
But my opinion is that Kerr did not make a mistake playing Curry who may have needed a rest game
I definitely would’ve gone for the win last night with three Nugget starters out. Warriors need wins, and that was a good opportunity.
But the Nuggets are sure good and a lot deeper than I thought. No sleeping on them anymore.
Post ankle must be bad or why not play him last night. The Nuggets owned the boards when Looney wasn’t in. So many 2nd and third shots by the Nuggets.
Denver is looking good for stretch run. I can’t believe Rockets still in it. Thunder and Rockets are youngest teams. Yet on top of standings. Don’t think that’s ever been done.
Thunder and Rockets youth still a question for playoff run. This helps experienced teams in matchups. Top 4 to me are Denver, OKC, Memphis, Minnesota. They are deep and ready experienced. Thunder will remember last year.
I say it every year and will continue to do so but the Nba would be a better product as a 72 game in season qualifier than an 82
We have a pretty healthy West, so far, fingers crossed, last 3 yrs in the West at least have had too many injs come playoffs, I hope everyone can make it in healthy this year , really dumb we are slamming all these teams b2b Rn around the NBA
Yes, money, will never happen, shame
salaries would have to drop 12 percentish, and you know that isn’t gonna happen.
Yup
Here’s how Id do that tho
Drop to 80 games Yr 1…. 2% drop
78 Yr 2 another 2%
ect ect At yr 5 we are at 72
I think I can live in a world where KCP only makes 21 M instead of 24 per year
Players take a 1% hit
Owners take a 1% hit
Fans- Win
Verdict- Yea pipedream
Yea pipedream. Regrettably.
Look at the NFL. They have a bigger problem than the NBA with injuries and the devaluation of regular season games. But that’s not stopping them from adding even more regular season and playoff games.
When the NBA adds 2 more teams over the next 5-7 years, I’m expecting they expand the playoffs somehow. They won’t have 1/2 the teams miss the playoffs.
I wonder if just adding a couple of weeks to the season and spacing games out would help. Eliminate back-to-backs as well. You could add a week by eliminating two preseason games pretty easily.
I agree. Start the season 1 week earlier and end it 1 week later is one approach – another I’ve seen suggested is to go though the end of July to help avoid so much NFL competition.
Yeah completely agree there…
Sadly too many good things are tied up behind that money excuse…
Luckily we pay AI in electricity so we’ll be in a lot better position after the economy tanks and the belief in it is crushed by a lack of consumers…
Gotta rest the only All Star on the team…
Got no chance on making it passed the play in without him…
Can’t even beat Denver without it’s 2 All Stars…
FYI, Denver only had 1 Allstar (Jokic).
Jamal is a bigger star than any of the Warriors others…
Jamal has zero Allstar appearances in his career.
Butler has 5, Draymond has 4
He works 34 minutes a game every other night…playing basketball. It’s not like he even D’s up. Players are so pampered.
They get made millionaires for playing a game…
The world of economics is upside down in priorities…
You’d rather the owners and television networks keep all of it?
You sound jealous.
padam, do you play basketball or another sport? I tell you what, after three hours of hoop I am pretty beat up and pretty sore the rest of the day.
And then playing the next day is pretty tough. I’ll start off real tight and not limber at all.
Hard to imagine doing that for seven months. Yes the pay is nice, but you can see how some of these older guys walk, especially the former players who are coaches now.
But as one of my buddy says, skipping basketball so I can walk at 70 is definitely underrated.
Then of course, making millions tosses the whole argument out the window.
All that to say, I don’t think they’re pampered. It’s pretty rough out there and the body can only take so much.