MIAMI — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is traveling to join the team in Miami, and his status for Tuesday’s game against the Heat will depend on how his pelvic bruise responds to treatment the next two days, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Sunday.
The Warriors, who lost Saturday night in Atlanta 124-115 without Curry, have said their franchise star will be reevaluated Monday.
Coach Steve Kerr said before the loss to the Hawks that he was hopeful Curry would rejoin the team at some point during Golden State’s six-game trip.
Tuesday’s game will mark Jimmy Butler’s return to Miami to face his former team after a tumultuous breakup with Heat president Pat Riley. After that, the Warriors play Friday at New Orleans.
They are then at San Antonio on Sunday, Memphis on April 1 and finish the trip against the Lakers on April 3.
Curry sustained the pelvic bruise when he took a hard spill during the second half of Thursday’s win over the Toronto Raptors. Kerr said Curry wanted to reenter the game, but the team opted against it.
Draymond Green described the defeat at Atlanta, albeit without the Warriors’ best player, as a “terrible loss” given the Warriors are trying to avoid the play-in round of the NBA playoffs with 11 regular-season games remaining.
