SAN FRANCISCO — After resting at home for the past two games, Steph Curry will not return to the Warriors’ starting lineup for Sunday’s home matchup against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.
He was listed as questionable on Saturday, and head coach Steve Kerr had previously told reporters in Denver on Friday that Curry’s condition had improved while recovering from an illness.
However, Curry was downgraded to “out” two hours before tipoff on Sunday.
“He’s going to get a workout in, and go on the trip, and we’re hoping he’ll be able to play in Oklahoma City,” Kerr said. “Feeling better, but hasn’t done much of anything, so we didn’t want to throw him out there.”
Kerr added that Curry will also workout on Monday, before the team flies to Oklahoma City.
Curry battled through an unspecified illness in the team’s 118-107 victory over the Suns at Chase Center on Tuesday, but was left coughing and sniffling afterwards. The 37-year-old guard then spent the team’s next two road games away from the team, resting at home instead.
Without their leader, the Warriors dropped games in both Sacramento and Denver and fell to 5-5 on the season.
Those results fell in line with the Warriors’ previous performances sans Curry. The team is now 74-113 without the two-time MVP in the lineup.
In eight starts, Curry has averaged 26.8 points per game and 4.3 assists per game, and his talents, should he be healthy enough to play, will be sorely needed for the upcoming road trip.
The Warriors begin in Oklahoma City against the defending champion Thunder, and then play a pair in San Antonio against the ascendant Spurs and their mega-phenom Victor Wembanyama. A short stop in New Orleans is followed by a back-to-back against likely playoff teams Orlando and Miami.
Al Horford, who missed Friday’s game against the Nuggets, was still questionable for the Pacers showdown.
The Pacers also enter the game extremely shorthanded. Starters Benedict Mathurin, Pascal Siakam, Quenton Jackson and Aaron Nesmith were all ruled out, and superstar Tyrese Haliburton is out for the year with an Achilles injury.