Overview
- Stephen Curry will miss Thursday’s game against Boston due to right patellofemoral pain syndrome after determining he wasn’t ready for a live scrimmage.
- Steve Kerr said Curry will be re-evaluated by the training staff, noting there is a chance of another MRI following consultation with lead medical executive Rick Celebrini.
- Kristaps Porziņģis, officially listed as questionable, practiced and scrimmaged this week and said he feels ready to play in what would be his Warriors debut.
- Kerr outlined a plan to use Porziņģis in short bursts with relatively limited minutes, with expectations he opens off the bench.
- The Warriors enter the post-break stretch at 29-26 in eighth place in the West, are 6-10 without Curry this season, and Porziņģis has not played since Jan. 7 due to Achilles tendinitis.