Steph Curry has been coping with a proper thumb damage, however he says it wasn’t the explanation for the worst taking pictures half of his profession within the Warriors’ loss to the Lakers on Saturday evening.
Curry went 0-for-8 after halftime within the Warriors’ 118-108 defeat, ending with 13 factors and 9 assists. In whole, he was 4-for-17 on the sport and 2-for-9 from 3-point vary.
He pointed to the primary recreation after the damage — Jan. 2 in opposition to the 76ers — as a cause to consider he can rating by means of the ache and the tape wrapping his thumb and wrist.
“It sucks but it’s not an excuse for anything,” Curry stated. “You gotta play through it. I went 8-for-8 with it (against Philadelphia). It’s just something that’s been lingering to the point where it gets hit once in a while. It’s one of those things where it’s almost gone and then and then it gets knocked again. I’ll deal with it but it should bother me like it did tonight.”
The scoreless second half tied the worst taking pictures half of his profession, based on ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Curry credited the Lakers’ protection for stifling him and the Warriors’ assault.
“I just got to play better,” Curry stated postgame. “I had a couple of good looks, but they were trying to funnel us into a crowd, use their length, their size. It really bothered us, and any game I play like that, it’s going to be hard for us to win.”
In January, Curry is taking pictures 45.6 % total and 40.8% on 3s, each barely up from his full-season marks.
Curry, 36, can be managing tendinitis in each knees, which first appeared on the Warriors’ damage report in November and stored from enjoying back-to-back video games till this week’s set at Sacramento and in opposition to the Bulls.
“It’s trending in the right direction,” Curry stated of his knee ache. “It’s still something you got to stick with the maintenance and all that type of stuff.”
The Warriors haven’t any recreation till Tuesday, however they’ll then play one other back-to-back set in opposition to the Thunder and Jazz. They’ve three pairs of back-to-back video games between now and the All-Star break. Curry might not get a lot time to relaxation the damage then, both, as he was named an All-Star starter on Thursday and the Warriors are internet hosting festivities.
