OAKLAND – Warriors guard Stephen Curry, who missed the past two games with a bruise on his lower left leg, went through his usual drills at shootaround Saturday morning and was upgraded from questionable to probable on the injury list.
Whether Curry plays against Denver Saturday night won’t be decided until after he arrives at Oracle Arena and goes through his pregame routine, roughly two hours before tipoff against the Nuggets on Saturday night.
“I have a baseline of pain tolerance and where it’s at,” Curry said. “If it’s better tonight, which I expect it to be, and I can do all the same moves that I did this morning, it should be fine.
Stay in the game with the latest updates on your beloved Bay Area and California sports teams! Sign up here for our All Access Daily newsletter.
[POOLE: Kerr won't make return vs Nuggets, but 'could be any day now']
“If for some reason it doesn’t react well to the work that I’ve put in over the last 24 hours, then I’ll know it as soon as I get out on the floor.”
The NBA’s leading scorer conceded there remains some tenderness in his leg but no longer does he feel himself favoring it.
Curry sustained the bruise in a 122-103 win over the Kings on Monday. He sat out games at Dallas on Wednesday and at Houston on Thursday, with both final decisions made shortly before game time.
Golden State Warriors
Find the latest Golden State Warriors news, highlights, analysis and more with NBC Sports Bay Area and California.
“I probably, if it were up to me, would have tried to play in Houston,” Curry said. “It would have been the wrong decision, but that’s the player emotions taking over . . . But you have a coaching staff and a training staff that monitor that stuff and it’s pretty much up to them in the regular season.
“So you want to keep the big picture in mind that we’re chasing a championship and us being healthy in March, April, May and June is the priority.”