SAN FRANCISCO Steph Curry will be a starter for February's 15th's 2026 NBA All-Star game at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, the league announced on Monday morning. The Warriors' superstar joins Luka Doncic, reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama in the West's starting lineup. It is Curry's 12th All-Star nod and 11th start, making him one of only 17 players to earn a dozen appearances in the game with a single franchise.
Two days ago, Steph Curry dropped a 49-piece on the San Antonio Spurs, tying Michael Jordan's NBA record of 40-point games after age 30 with 44. Hunched over the post-game presser mic, a reporter asked Curry to use a reference to make sense of his performance. The point guard paused for a moment, rubbing his hands all over his head. "I was Hayley Williams in Paramore tonight," he declared and then exited.
The Warriors will have had four days off between Sunday's blowout victory in Chicago and the matchup with Minnesota, thanks to the NBA Cup schedule. Curry spent the last three road games working out with the Warriors' medical staff in the Bay Area and practiced with the team at Chase Center on Wednesday afternoon. "For Friday, he's day-to-day, but its looking good," coach Steve Kerr said. Curry was a full participant in practice, and was involved in the team's scrimmage.
Despite laboring on an injured right ankle, Steph Curry still found a way to score 34 points and rise another spot on the NBA's all-time scoring list during Tuesday's game in Orlando. The Warriors guard (25,744 points) moved past Vince Carter (25,728) to climb to No. 22 on the scoring ladder. Surpassing Carter was significant for Curry for a very personal reason. His father, Dell Curry, played with Carter for three seasons in Toronto at the end of his career.
The Warriors will finish a two-game road trip with a matchup at Denver on Friday, and will have to do so without their franchise player. Curry was noticeably coughing and sniffling during the last home game against Phoenix, and he told reporters that he had been fighting sickness for the previous midwestern road trip to Milwaukee and Indiana. He did not travel with the team to Sacramento, and Curry was ruled out with with an illness on the NBAs official injury report.
So, during a timeout, assistants Terry Stotts and Chris DeMarco made a suggestion. Butler subbed in for Will Richard at the 4:21 mark of the fourth quarter, Green took the place of Brandin Podziemski with 3:50 to play, and besides a few seconds on the final possession of regulation, the five-man lineup closed out the final 8 minutes, 50 seconds of what turned into a 137-131 overtime win.
And when Curry played a two-man game with Horford, the Blazers had no answers for the two-time MVP. Well, except for fouling on plays that, a year ago, may have gone uncalled. Thanks to the new 'Hi-Five' rule, which penalizes defenders for swiping at hands following through, and re-emphasizes contact to shooters' legs, Curry shot nine free throws in the first half, all makes, and ended up with 13 attempts from the foul line overall.
