Curry: Chances of Game 3 return pretty good

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Stephen Curry has resumed light shooting without movement on his injured right knee, with the hope that he can get into scrimmages by the end of the week, perhaps in time to be ready for Game 3 of the Golden State Warriors’ Western Conference semifinal series against Portland.

And during a sideline interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters on Sunday, Curry said the chances of him returning for Game 3 are “pretty good.”

“To me they’re pretty good so I’ll do anything I can this week to make that happen,” Curry said.

Coach Steve Kerr said before Sunday’s Game 1 against the Trail Blazers that the odds that the reigning MVP would be ready for Game 2 on Tuesday at Oracle Arena are “pretty slim.”

“It just depends how his week goes,” Kerr said of Curry’s status for Game 3. “We’ll just monitor him and see how it goes and hopefully get him back at some point. It’s nice to have that long break between 2 and 3.”

Curry sprained the MCL when he slipped on a wet spot just before halftime of a win at Houston in Game 4 of the first round. He said Friday that he hoped to do some shooting within a day or two. That happened Saturday. Curry will have to test the knee by putting pressure on it and planting on it when he shoots and then in some 5-on-5 scrimmages.

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