Stephen Curry, who sources confirmed will be named the NBA Most Valuable Player for a second straight season, is not expected to suit up when the Golden State Warriors visit Moda Center to face the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 4 on Monday night.
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Toronto leads the series two games to one.
As a result, ESPN reports Curry is set to earn another record: becoming the first MVP in National Basketball Association history to win the vote of every judge on the board.
Whenever it happens, the Warriors must be absolutely sure he’s good to go and not at risk of reinjuring the knee. They’re not a dysfunctional team that hates their star. Golden State got big games from Green (37 points with eight 3-pointers, nine rebounds and eight assists) and Thompson (35 points with five 3-pointers). Warriors coach Steve Kerr said yesterday that Curry was “doubtful” for tonight’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers (10:30 p.m. ET, TNT). The Warriors’ perimeter pressure, which limited Portland’s long-range shooting to 32.3 percent in Game 1, is what Golden State hopes to replicate Monday. They had a nice lead going for them in game 2 before scoring just 12 points in the fourth quarter, outscored by 22 points. “It was important to win it and it’s going to be a tough game on Monday”. The lineup confused Golden State, evidenced by Crabbe’s remarkable plus/minus of +25.
Curry has yet to play a full game in the postseason after having suffered the knee injury along with a sprained right ankle in Warriors’ first-round series against the Rockets.
Golden State is 10-0 in the games that immediately follow losses this season, winning those by an average of 15.8 points.
According to the oddsmakers are Bovada.lv, Golden State is favored on the road, as the Warriors are getting odds of -4.5 points against the Blazers. The point guard hit 402 3-pointers in the regular season, shot over 50 percent from the floor, and made over 45 percent of his attempted 3-pointers.
“That means how focused I am, and how accountable I’m holding myself”, Lillard said.
“I think we played a lot smarter down the stretch than we did the last game, and we challenged them”, Lillard said. “He’s going to get treatment, we’re going to talk to our doctors and medical people and we’ll make a decision this afternoon”.
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