PORTLAND, Ore. -- Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Monday night announced that star point guard Stephen Curry is active and will play in Game 4 versus the Portland Trail Blazers.
Kerr told reporters prior to Monday's Game 4 that Curry would be active as long as everything went OK during pregame warmups. He had previously described Curry's status as "doubtful" on Sunday and then upgraded that status to "questionable" at Monday morning shootaround.
"If all goes well with his warmup right now, then he'll play tonight," Kerr said at his pregame press conference. "He's out there -- I think he just went out on the floor, and I'm anticipating it will go well. He'll be active and he'll play."
Curry has been out since he sprained his right MCL after slipping on a wet spot of the Toyota Center floor in a win over the Houston Rockets in Game 4 of the first round. He had previously missed Games 2 and 3 over that series after spraining his right ankle in Game 1.
Kerr's announcement came just after Curry began his standard pregame warmup routine, which begins with dribbling drills and moves along to shooting from around the floor. Curry went complete that routine, with no apparent incident.
When asked how the decision to make Curry active was ultimately reached, Kerr said, "talking with Steph, talking with our medical people, and talking with [Warriors general manager] Bob [Myers]. That was the process.
Kerr was asked whether Curry will be on a minutes restriction, a possibility the coach indicated on Monday morning. Kerr communicated that there's no hard and fast limit, though they'll monitor Curry's conditioning.
"He's not really under a minutes restrictions from the training staff," Kerr said. "It's more about what he can handle conditioning-wise. So we'll see what that means. We really have to kind of do it on the fly. And I would kind of guess that he would play in shorter bursts, but if he's rolling, then we'll probably let him go for a little while." Kerr said Curry did not influence this decision through lobbying.
"There was no campaigning," Kerr said. "We've been talking every day, so it's just a matter of today being the day that looks like he's ready to go. But, again, we'll see how he comes out of his pregame workout and go from there."
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