Stephen Curry Ruled Out Against the Clippers for Right Knee Management as Warriors Open a Back-to-Back

The Golden State Warriors ruled Stephen Curry out for Sunday's home game against the LA Clippers at Chase Center, listing him with a right knee injury in the injury report released on Saturday. Draymond Green was also ruled out, listed with a back issue. The report named six Warriors players in total ahead of the November 1 game.

A one game absence, not a long term injury

This is a rest and injury management absence for one game, not a new long term injury and not an open ended absence. Sunday is the first game of a back to back for Golden State, and the Warriors gave Curry and Green extra rest on Sunday ahead of the second game, at home against the Phoenix Suns on Monday, November 2. Anthony Slater reported that both players are resting and should be cleared to play the Suns on Monday, according to the Sunday injury report roundup published by WhyNBA, which cited Slater and the league report issued at 1:15 a.m. ET on Sunday. The roundup said the statuses had been unchanged since Saturday evening.

Heavy carried the same picture in its report on the Warriors injury list for the Clippers game. Curry was listed for the right knee and Green for the back, and both were out for Sunday rather than doubtful or questionable. The plain reading of the reports is short: Curry misses the Clippers game, and the reported expectation is that he and Green are cleared for Monday against Phoenix.

The full Warriors list for Sunday

Curry and Green were two of six Warriors named on the report. Kristaps Porzingis was also out and listed as not with the team. Heavy reported that Porzingis continues to be away from the team. Jimmy Butler III and Moses Moody were also out. Heavy reported that Butler and Moody are recovering from knee surgeries and are expected back later this season. Gui Santos was the sixth player on the list, and he was listed as probable with left knee tendinitis.

That list leaves Golden State short handed against the Clippers on Sunday, even with Santos probable. The absences cover Curry and Green on the same night, plus Butler, Moody and Porzingis all out as well. The reports do not turn Sunday into a longer story for Curry or Green. Their listings were tied to rest on the first night of the back to back, with Monday's Phoenix game named as the target for both to be cleared.

Friday night against the Lakers

The timing follows a busy Friday night at Chase Center. Curry scored 31 points on Friday, October 30, as Golden State came back to beat the Los Angeles Lakers at home. The win opened a six game homestand for the Warriors and was their third straight win. Golden State erased a 25 point Lakers lead, and the Warriors bench combined for 50 points in the comeback.

Sunday's Clippers game is the next game on that homestand, and Monday's game against Phoenix follows right behind it. With two home games on two straight nights, the Warriors chose rest for Curry and Green on Sunday. Curry sits out the Clippers game for right knee management, Green sits out with the back listing, and both are expected to be cleared for Monday, November 2 against the Suns.