SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry got here off the bench for Sport 2 of the Warriors’ playoff collection towards the Denver Nuggets.
Curry additionally got here off the bench in Golden State’s Sport 1 win on Saturday after being sidelined for a month with a proper foot sprain and bone bruise. The 34-year-old scored 16 factors with three 3-pointers in 22 minutes.
Jordan Poole began once more Curry’s place, a task he embraced with a team-leading 30-point effort in Sport 1. Klay Thompson, Draymond Inexperienced, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney began on Monday night time because the Warriors attempt to take a 2-0 lead on this first-round collection.
In his eighth profession playoff run, that is the primary time that Curry will begin off the bench in consecutive playoff video games.
“It was good to get again on the market,” Curry mentioned after the 123-107 win Saturday night time. “It was good to really feel a playoff vibe once more. Clearly, it’s completely different coming off the bench and attempting to take advantage of the minutes which might be acceptable proper now and needed to sort of management adrenaline for the primary six minutes till I obtained on the market and the whole lot went effective.”
In Sport 1, Curry sat for the primary six minutes of the primary quarter, shook off some rust, and didn’t make a shot try till the second quarter. He discovered his rhythm as the sport progressed, and his immense gravity alongside Poole, Thompson, Wiggins and Inexperienced propelled the Warriors to increase their lead earlier than halftime earlier than they totally took management within the third quarter.
Andre Iguodala out with neck spasms
The Warriors entered the playoffs with a clear slate with regards to accidents — save for Curry and James Wiseman, who has missed the whole season recovering from knee surgical procedure — however a brand new identify popped up late Monday afternoon.
Iguodala, 38, is out for Sport 2 with neck spasms, an damage that cropped up hours earlier than tipoff. Coach Steve Kerr mentioned he discovered as he drove to Chase Middle for the sport that Iguodala could be uncertain for the sport.
“It’s a bummer,” Kerr mentioned. “We’ll simply must see how the sport goes. We performed 10 guys the opposite night time. Most groups don’t play 10 within the playoffs. We may very simply divvy up the minutes between 9. Play extra Gary (Payton II) extra Jordan or do extra Klay. We may simply do this or if the sport known as for one more man off the bench we may do this, too.”
Iguodala went scoreless in 14 minutes on Saturday with 4 assists and two rebounds — his position as an impactful will likely be missed in a rotation that thrives with him and Draymond Inexperienced switching off as level forwards.