Stephen Curry injury update: Warriors star hoping to return in second round of NBA playoffs

Marc Lancaster

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Stephen Curry is inching closer to a return, but it sounds like he'll need the Warriors to survive their first-round playoff series to make it happen.

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Golden State's star guard is targeting a return sometime during the second round of the playoffs, Yahoo Sports reported on Saturday morning (AEST) — assuming the Warriors are able to get past the Spurs in the meantime.

Curry has played in only one game since March 8 and hasn't seen the court at all since March 23 due to a sprained knee ligament suffered that night.

He is due for a three-week evaluation of the injury Sunday, the report said.

While the Warriors have no shortage of impact players even without Curry, they lost 10 of their last 17 games down the stretch.

Marc Lancaster

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.