SAN ANTONIO -- After a four-week absence from all team basketball activities, Stephen Curry will return to the practice court for specified activities Saturday.
Curry was reevaluated Friday in San Antonio and was cleared "to participate in modified team practices . . . and the intensity of his on-court rehabilitation will continue to increase," the Warriors announced in statement released Friday afternoon.
That Curry won't be reevaluated until next weekend implies that, should the Warriors advance out of the first round, he almost certainly will miss Game 1 of Western Conference semifinals that could begin as early as April 28.
Curry sustained a Grade 2 MCL sprain to his left knee on March 23 against the Hawks, missing the final 10 games of the regular season as well as the first three games of the first-round playoff series against the Spurs.
The examination, according to the Warriors, "indicated that Stephen continues to make consistent functional progress since the injury."
Curry has been going through individual workouts daily, sometimes twice, in an effort to increase strength and range of motion. After the team's shootaround on Thursday, he spent more than an hour going through light drills under the supervision of the training staff.
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The typical recovery time for a Grade 2 MCL sprain is four to six weeks.
