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Stephen Curry is set to return for the first time since playing Jan. 30 vs. Detroit.<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Stephen Curry faced what he called \u201csome long, dark days\u201d of rehab on his troublesome right knee over the past two months. The recovery took far longer than he\u2019d ever imagined.<\/p>\n
Now, the two-time MVP is set to return when the Golden State Warriors host Houston on Sunday night after missing 27 consecutive games \u2014 it would be his first game since Jan. 30 against Detroit.<\/p>\n
And the Warriors know everyone at Chase Center will be thrilled. Curry warmed up on the floor Wednesday and his routine was a huge hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to bring joy to this building, we want to bring joy to our fans, that\u2019s what this is about. It\u2019s about winning, yes, but it\u2019s about people really enjoying coming to the building and watching our team play. It\u2019s the most important thing,\u201d coach Steve Kerr said. \u201c\u2026 Frankly, Steph is responsible for more of that than anyone. One of the greatest players of all time but he\u2019s the greatest face of a franchise in any sport that I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curry scrimmaged several times<\/a> this past week to test his injured right knee, and he never thought<\/a> of shutting it down for the rest of the season because he has remained determined to get on the floor as the Warriors head for the SoFi Play-In Tournament hoping to make a surprise run.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just happy to have a little clarity and a little window to get back out there and try to get to the level I was playing at and finish the year strong,\u201d Curry said after practice Saturday. \u201cA lot of hours go into it so it\u2019s just a matter of reminding yourself you\u2019re working toward getting back as much as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n He will be listed as questionable on the injury report. Curry said dealing with the pain is part of his \u201cnew normal\u201d and the offseason will require a significant reset.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old Curry initially expected to be playing right after the All-Star break, but the recovery was prolonged by some difficult moments when he would feel good, push hard then pay for it the following day.<\/p>\n \u201cSo there was always a point where I would do all these tests off the court and do stuff to make sure it makes sense to get out on the floor and I\u2019d feel great,\u201d he said, \u201cand then you start running and do your normal workout and toward the end of however long the session was you start to feel that pain start to creep back in and the next day it would be awful. You played that song and dance so many times over the last two months, so that was the most frustrating part.\u201d<\/p>\n Curry leads the Warriors in scoring with 27.2 points per game and it has been frustrating.<\/p>\n When asked whether he and Vice President of Player Health and Performance Rick Celebrini had determined how many minutes Curry might play, Kerr said \u201cless than 48.\u201d<\/p>\n And it was possible Curry could come off the bench \u2014 \u201ceverything is possible, yeah, anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Whatever his limitations, the Warriors can\u2019t wait to have No. 30 finally contribute again.<\/p>\n \u201cThe game tends to get a lot easier for everybody when Steph is out there. We\u2019ll still be playing our style of basketball but it will be nice to have him back assuming he\u2019s back,\u201d Kerr said. \u201c\u2026 Great energy, hope, he just brings hope to everybody, so the sun is shining a little brighter, food tastes a little better. Steph is Steph, he brings joy to everybody, players, coaches fans. He\u2019s a special human being.\u201d<\/p>\n The Warriors (36-41) have lost three straight games overall and are to 13-25 this season without Curry \u2014 including 9-18 during this stretch with him sidelined by patellofemoral pain syndrome.<\/p>\n \u201cNow Superman\u2019s back, we\u2019ll figure it out,\u201d guard Gary Payton II said. \u201cIt\u2019s like a gravity pull, some type of pull, force pull. Just to see him available, I\u2019m sure he gives life to players and coaches and front office.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry is set to return for the first time since playing Jan. 30 vs. Detroit. SAN FRANCISCO…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85,287370],"class_list":{"0":"post-587854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-stephen-curry-return"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}