HOUSTON – Stephen Curry’s sprained right ankle is feeling better but he isn’t sure if he will be able to play on Thursday night in Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets.
Curry talked about his health after practicing on Wednesday when the team arrived in Houston.
“Based on how I feel right now I probably couldn’t play,” he said. “But tomorrow it could be different.”
Curry missed Game 2 after he was hurt in the opener of the series. The Warriors overcame his absence to get a 115-106 victory and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Last season’s MVP said he doesn’t feel like he could play right now because he isn’t able to “go full speed, or game speed, I should say and have confidence in the moves I need to do.”
Golden State coach Steve Kerr was encouraged by how Curry looked on Wednesday.
“You couldn’t see anything today as far as a limp,” he said. “So he’s doing a lot better.”
Curry, who led the NBA with 402 3-pointers in the regular season, made 3 after 3 on Wednesday in the portion of practice that reporters were able to view, but insisted he didn’t look as good early in the workout.
“Y’all got here late,” he said. “I missed (some) ... obviously I want to be healthy and not put myself in danger of having this linger or having problems down the stretch, but you want to keep the rhythm and momentum that we’ve built and not get rusty. So hopefully we can accomplish both.”