Warriors provide injury update on Steph Curry: 'good progress'
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The Golden State Warriors haven't had their two-time MVP Stephen Curry suit up in a game for them since January 30. But newfound life has been breathed into the Bay Area and the lungs of Warriors fans.
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Curry was injured in a Jan. 30 loss to the Detroit Pistons, aggravating his right knee. He's missed the previous 20 games due to patella-femoral pain syndrome, a bone bruising in his right knee.
Warriors team personnel told USA TODAY Sports that Curry's injury is "pretty much runner's knee" and that he'd be re-evaluated.
Following Curry's evaluation, the team announced in a Saturday news release that the four-time champion and 2022 Finals MVP has been progressing along and is inching closer to a return to the court, as the regular-season begins to come to a close.
"The re-evaluation indicated that Curry continues to make good progress. He has intensified his individual on-court workouts and, as next steps, he will be incorporated into live action and team practices in the coming days," the team said. "He will be re-evaluated again after the team returns home next week."
Warriors struggling without Steph Curry
The Warriors have slid in the standings with Curry out. The team has lost 15 of its last 21 games and sit at the No. 10-seed and final play-in spot with 12 games remaining in the regular season.
Golden State caps their road trip with a visit to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, March 23. The Warriors return home to the Bay Area for the week, including two games against the Brooklyn Nets on March 25, and Washington Wizards on March 27.
Curry, who is averaging a team-leading 27.2 points per game, is expected to be reevaluated during the upcoming week. However, he isn't the only injured Warrior to receive an update.
Additionally, the team announced that fourth-year guard Moses Moody is on his way back to the lineup as well, after participating in shooting drills.
Moody has missed the last nine games since suffering a sprained right wrist against the Los Angeles Clippers on March 2. He was also reevaluated Saturday, along with Curry.
"The re-evaluation indicated that Moody is making good progress," the team announced in a news release. "He has intensified his on-court work and will be incorporated into live action in the coming days. He will be re-evaluated again on Tuesday."
The Warriors will be severely undermanned as they face the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta on Saturday in the first game against Jonathan Kuminga since the former Warrior was traded to Atlanta with Buddy Hield for Kristaps Porzingis on Feb. 5.
The injury list is extensive including Curry (knee), Seth Curry (adductor strain), Jimmy Butler (torn ACL), Al Horford (right soleus), Moses Moody (right wrist) and Porzingis (back). Listed as questionable is Draymond Green (lower back), De'Anthony Melton (left knee), Gary Payton II (right knee), Quinten Post (right foot) and Malevy Leons (right wrist).
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Stephen Curry injury: Warriors provide update on timeline, return