"Steph Curry may have away from the postgame podium after Thursday night's victory over the Knicks, but the team does not expect their franchise player to miss any time. Steph, he's good, yeah, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Friday's practice. He's fine (for tomorrow's game against the Hornets). The Warriors are winners of 10 of their last 14, and as always, Curry has had an outsized impact on the run of positive results."
"Though Curry avoided a serious injury, the same could not be said for forward Gui Santos, who exited the victory over the Knicks with a left ankle sprain. Won't play tomorrow, and it looks like it's not a really bad sprain, so I'll give you an update in a couple of days, Kerr said. It's a big loss, the energy, the offensive rebounding, but also the size, when we go to him and Gary Payton II, we're generally playing him at the four next to Draymond."
"Kerr is a product of another era, the 1990s, a time when teams practiced regularly even during the heart of the season. Teams nowadays, with a schedule that rarely has the extended two-to-four day gaps between games that were once plentiful, practice at a much lower frequency than Kerr would like. So during the team's current eight-game homestand, chock full of one-day breaks between tipoffs, the Warriors' coach has made sure to take advantage by having practices as often as he is allowed."
Steph Curry experienced postgame discomfort after the Knicks game but is expected to be available for the Warriors' next matchup. The Warriors have won 10 of their last 14 games, with Curry averaging 26.9 points and 6.2 assists during that stretch. Forward Gui Santos exited with a left ankle sprain and will not play the following game, removing energy, offensive rebounding and size from the lineup when he typically plays alongside Draymond. Santos had been averaging about 3.2 rebounds in roughly 16 minutes over the past 10 games. Coach Steve Kerr has increased practice frequency during the eight-game homestand to sharpen details.
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