Curry back on court after missing five games with tailbone injury
Warriors guard Stephen Curry said he was “trending in the right direction” and returned to action in Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bulls at Chase Center.
Curry, who had missed the past five games with a bruised tailbone, was a full participant in practice Sunday and went through Monday morning’s shootaround with no issues.
“I’m happy with where I am,” Curry said after the shootaround. “I’ve just got to go through some more checkpoints to be ready to go. I’m feeling good enough to give it a go.”
Curry started against the Bulls. For details on the game, go to mercurynews.com. He was injured when he lost his balance after a missed 3-point attempt in the third quarter of a March 17 win over the Rockets. He fell onto a metal riser near the court and did not return to the game.
Since the injury nearly two weeks ago, he’s had to sit on a special cushion to protect his backside.
“I can be a real asset for the team,” Curry joked. In 39 games, he is averaging 29 points on 47.5% shooting (40.8% from 3-point range), 6.2 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 34 minutes.
He has a point, as the Warriors lost four of the five games with Curry sidelined. Getting
him back is a major boost for a team head coach Steve Kerr recently said is in need of a win. ALL-FEMALE RADIO CREW WORKED MONDAY’S GAME >> Bay Area sportscaster Kate Scott was the first woman to handle play-byplay duties for a Warriors broadcast as Golden State in celebration of Women’s History Month. Stepping in for longtime play-byplay man Tim Roye, Scott was part of a crew that includes analyst Mary Murphy, along with Kerith Burke and Chiney Ogwumike, both of whom handled the pre- and postgame show duties.
Scott, who co-hosts 95.7 The Game’s “The Morning Roast” with Bonta Hill
and Joe Shasky, has been calling college basketball games for several years but had never done an NBA contest. Her resume, however, is dotted with plenty of trailblazing experience. Last year, for example, the Cal grad teamed with 29 other women to help NBC Sports produce the first all-female NHL broadcast on U.S. airwaves.
While Scott looked forward to Monday’s duties, the lead-up to her mic time hasn’t been without its share of stress. She just spent four days in Boston calling the National Women’s Hockey League playoffs for the NBC Sports Network, and then rushed back on an early crosscountry flight Sunday to be ready for Monday.