by Steph and Wiggs starting in Warriors’ game against Suns originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry’s latest injury absence lasted just one game.
Curry is in the starting lineup Saturday against the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center after the superstar guard missed Wednesday’s home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder due to bilateral knee soreness.
Curry has missed four of the Warriors’ 18 games so far this season, but in 14 games he is averaging 22.4 points on 47.5 percent shooting from the field and 44.4 3-pointers.
Without Curry against the Thunder, the Warriors erased a huge deficit but lacked the offensive firepower to climb the hill and pull out the victory.
Andrew Wiggins also starts after being listed as questionable due to a right ankle impingement.
Jonathan Kuminga (illness) and Gary Payton II (right adductor tightness) were upgraded from probable to available in the NBA’s 4:30 p.m. PT injury report.
Suns guard Bradley Beal and center Jusuf Nurkic were ruled out of Saturday’s game.
As Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area writes, Draymond Green will draw the primary defensive assignment against former Warriors star Kevin Durant.
The Warriors enter Saturday’s game on a three-game losing streak, so they could use a burst of vintage Curry to break the skid.
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