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02/09 22:38 CST Injured Warriors star Stephen Curry to sit out All-Star Game
with lingering right knee injury
Injured Warriors star Stephen Curry to sit out All-Star Game with lingering
right knee injury
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --- Stephen Curry will sit out the All-Star Game in Los
Angeles because of his troublesome right knee that sidelined the Golden State
Warriors star for a fourth straight game Monday night against Memphis.
Coach Steve Kerr announced before the game that Curry also wouldn't play
Wednesday at home against San Antonio and then would sit out the All-Star Game
on Sunday in hopes of a return for the Warriors after the break.
"He's doing well," Kerr said. "It's really kind of a day-to-day thing, so it's
hard to predict for sure whether he'll be playing in that first game after the
break but that's definitely the hope, and if he is, if he can get through
everything this week, then that puts him on pace to be playing."
Golden State's first game after the break is Feb. 19 against Boston at Chase
Center.
Curry, who will turn 38 on March 14, exited early from a 131-124 home loss to
the Detroit Pistons on Jan. 30 with the sore knee that Kerr said had been
bothering him over the previous week. He then had an MRI exam.
Curry missed his 15th game overall this season, with the Warriors going 5-9
over the initial 14 --- three with an illness, five with a left quadriceps
contusion, one with a sore right ankle, one with a sprained left ankle, one
with inflammation in his right knee and now four with the patellofemoral pain
syndrome.
The Warriors are also missing Curry's backcourt mate, Jimmy Butler, who
underwent surgery Monday for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right
knee sustained against his former Miami team on Jan. 19.
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