“We’ve put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years.”
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry works toward the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Sunday, March 24, 2024, in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS — Every game is a must-win for the Warriors. Steve Kerr has trimmed his rotation down to a tight nine. The last three-week sprint to the finish will be the difference between the Warriors having a puncher’s chance at a playoff berth and falling into the lottery.
“We’re trying to keep them around 30,” Kerr said of Curry’s minutes. “Trying to get him as much rest as we can. We’ve played him a lot of minutes, played him 35 two days ago. So as long as we were hanging in there, we wanted to limit the minutes a little bit. Not overplay him.” “I want to play as many minutes as I’m fresh and able to, so a little bit,” Curry said when asked if his extended time on the bench surprised him. “Knowing that they were just getting on a run. The lead was kind of whittling away.”
We’ve put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years. We can’t expect him to play 35 minutes. We’ve got five games in seven days on this road trip. If you want to say him playing 30 minutes instead of 32 was the difference between a win and a loss, I totally disagree with that. We’re trying to win the game, we’re trying to keep him fresh, too.”
One reason the Warriors haven’t been able to find pockets for Curry to rest is they’ve been in so many tight games. Sunday night was their 41st clutch game — defined as a score within five points in the last five minutes. Nobody has played more.
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