The Warriors are not expected to deliver an official update Friday on star guard Steph Curry’s ankle injury, but an early report suggests they believe he avoided serious harm.
Those around Curry and the Warriors have “optimism his absence will not be lengthy,” The Athletic’s Shams Charania tweeted Friday afternoon, noting that he will miss at least a game and possibly more. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said an MRI on Curry’s ankle “returned clean.”
As of 1 p.m. Friday, the Warriors had not yet submitted an injury report ahead of Saturday’s game against the Spurs.
Curry rolled his right ankle in the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ loss Thursday night to the Bulls as he collected a pass and looked to move the ball while cutting toward the Chicago basket. He left the game with just under four minutes remaining and did not return.
Curry, 35, struggled with ongoing ankle issues early in his career but gained enough traction to become a two-time MVP and the offensive catalyst for the Warriors’ four championship teams over the last decade.
He has played in 59 of the Warriors’ 62 games this season. Golden State faces San Antonio at Chase Center at 5:30 Saturday night, then will play the Spurs on the road Monday before facing the Mavericks in Dallas on Wednesday.
The Warriors are solidly in the play-in tournament at this point, percentage points ahead of the Lakers for ninth place. They are 3.5 games behind the Suns for sixth place and 5.5 games ahead of the Jazz in 11th place. Dallas is 1.5 games ahead in the No. 8 seed.