{"id":14808,"date":"2024-12-27T03:24:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14808"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:24:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:24:08","slug":"breaking-warriors-drop-bad-news-on-steph-curry-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14808","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Warriors Drop Bad News on Steph Curry Injury.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2180806559-e1730140420516.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2180806559-e1730140420516.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2180806559-e1730140420516.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2180806559-e1730140420516.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Steph Curry, Warriors\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"583\" data-dom-ready-time=\"722\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors grimaces on the court.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0woke up after their Christmas Day loss to the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0to a new\u00a0Stephen Curry\u00a0reality.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Warriors franchise star is now entering his load management era as he sits out the front end of a back-to-back schedule when they take on the\u00a0Los Angeles Clippers\u00a0on December 27, coach Steve Kerr revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteph\u2019s had the knee issue,\u201d\u00a0Kerr said on \u201cWillard and Dibs\u201d on 95.7 The Game on December 26. \u201cA couple of weeks ago, when the knee issue started, we really wanted to make sure we\u2019re staying in front of it. Part of staying in front of it is not playing in both ends of back-to-backs for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will be the sixth Warriors game Curry will miss this season and there could be more.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 decision to rest Curry came on the heels of his season-high 38 points in 36 minutes in their heartbreaking 115-113 loss to the Lakers. Curry scored eight points in the final 26 seconds to tie the game, only to watch Austin Reaves make the winning layup with a second left.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bad Timing for the Warriors<\/h2>\n<p>After the loss, Curry said he wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he wouldn\u2019t play against the Clippers. He is expected to play against the\u00a0Phoenix Suns\u00a0on December 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the knee stuff popped up, that was part of the conversation,\u201d\u00a0Curry told reporters. \u201cObviously, [I\u2019m] still dealing with it to some capacity. So, I think how we\u2019ve been approaching is to play the game, see how you feel the next day, figure out a routine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curry rued the timing of it as the Warriors (15-14) are on a slump, having lost 11 of their last 14 games to slip to 10th place in the Western Conference. They find themselves just half-game above .500 and the 11th-place San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s always been a part of the challenge because I want to play every game,\u201d Curry added. \u201cIt\u2019s always been that way and especially when you\u2019re looking at the standings and the games matter, and it\u2019s more so just trying to get over the hump to have something to feel good about, and you want to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Curry is also embracing his new reality of taking the smart approach to manage his knees or risk a more severe injury as his age advances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yeah it\u2019s it\u2019s part of the conversation for sure, but you still have to, considering the miles I have and where I\u2019m at in my career,\u201d Curry continued. \u201cYou got to still be smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steph Curry Speaks Up on Players-Only Meeting<\/h2>\n<p>Curry was at the forefront of the Warriors players-only meeting before their loss to the Lakers,\u00a0ESPN reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an inflection point on obviously which direction our season can go,\u201d Curry told reporters. \u201cOur last 14 games, it\u2019s just been tough trying to find any type of momentum or consistency, and through that, you just can\u2019t lose spirit and belief that we\u2019re a good enough team to figure it out because this league is ruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their Warriors\u2019 next seven games are against teams with playoff aspirations. If their losing ways continue, it would need drastic changes to cover up lost ground with less than two months away from the February 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis league changes from window to window of what you can fall back on, and when you dig yourself a hole like that, sometimes it can be hard to pull out of,\u201d Curry continued. \u201cSo, we\u2019re right in that window where we can still regain some momentum however many weeks before the [All-Star] break is pivotal, or else [we are] in a situation where we\u2019re chasing down the stretch. And nobody wants to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors grimaces on the court. 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