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Steph Curry ruled out for Warriors game with 76ers over knee injury

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SAN FRANCISCO The Warriors will be without their top player for their final game before Thursday afternoons trade deadline Steph Curry was ruled out of Tuesdays matchup with the 76ers which came as little surprise after the team diagnosed him with patellofemoral pain syndrome over the weekend Known more commonly as runners knee the only remedy for that soreness is rest When he returns will totally be up to team doctor Rick Celebrini and Steph Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Mondays practice As soon as Rick tells me he can play hell play but theyre working together every day Curry left Fridays game against the Pistons midway through the third quarter and did not return With the AllStar game taking place in about two weeks Currys status for his 12th appearance in that starstudded exhibition is also in doubt After taking on the 76ers the Warriors will travel to Phoenix to play the Suns on Thursday After that Golden State stays on the road and will play at the Lakers in Los Angeles on Saturday Joining Curry on the inactive list is Jonathan Kuminga who will miss a fifth consecutive game with knee soreness He got some oncourt work in before practice but the injurys at a point the recoverys at a point where hes not yet ready to go live Kerr said Kerr also said he has been in communication with Jimmy Butler since the star tore his ACL but that he was not at liberty to share details about when Butler will undergo surgery Warriors public relations director Raymond Ridder later said that Butlers agent Bernie Lee will determine when more information will be released on the procedure Meltons trajectory DeAnthony Melton has been arguably the teams secondbest player since Butler was lost for the season He has averaged 145 points per game since the start of January chipping in 22 assists while scoring at a 569 effective FG and being one of the few Warriors capable of creating pressure on a defense off a live dribble What has made his impact even more remarkable is that the 27yearold is coming off ACL rehab and has been confined to a 25minute limit since late December That is actually an increase from the first few weeks of his season when he was allowed to play on 20 minutes or less a night after debuting in early December So given the teams shortage of perimeter scorers could the team give Melton a starters workload of 30 MPG or more Steve Kerr hopes that will eventually be the case but says the team is in no rush to make that happen I talked to Rick Celebrini about that the other day and he said thats something we can aim for but not yet Kerr said A twoyear absence means a very slow ramp up for that and I think Rick the staff and Melt have handled it perfectly See where he is now compared to six weeks ago when he came back and its pretty dramatic

Joseph Dycus

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