Boston (AFP) - Golden State star Stephen Curry was emphatic Thursday in confirming he'll play game four of the NBA Finals, despite suffering a foot injury in the Warriors' game three loss to the Boston Celtics.
"I'm going to play," Curry said at practice Thursday."That's all I know right now."
The Warriors trail 2-1 in the best-of-seven championship series heading into game four at Boston's TD Garden.
Curry was among the Warriors starters who sat out the last few minutes with Boston on the way to a convincing 116-100 victory.
He led the Warriors with 31 points before hurting his foot when he was buried in a scrum of players chasing a loose ball.
He said the injury was reminiscent of the foot sprain he suffered in March and he hadn't pursued any medical imaging tests on it.
"Because I went through what I went through in the regular season and coming back, I know exactly what it is and what I've got to deal with and the soreness/pain level and all that," Curry said."So once I got checked out last night, I knew I wouldn't have to go get any extra tests just because we've been through this before."
Curry said his treatment so far had consisted of "about ten and a half hours of sleep, a couple dunks in the ice bucket."
Curry said he knew right away that the injury was less severe than his earlier one.
"As soon as you started to take a couple of steps, you kind of know whether you can run normal, cut normal or not.Back then, I couldn't," he said."Yesterday, I could.That gave me a little bit of confidence knowing it wasn't as bad.
"We'll see how it feels tomorrow.I know I'm going to play, but (we'll) just see how it responds to that type of impact."
