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Jessica Camerato: Other vote recipients for #NBA Sportsmanship Award: Stephen Curry, Luol Deng, Mike Conley, Nick Collison, Jameer Nelson Twitter @JCameratoNBA

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Mark Jackson said Monday his star point guard should be ready to go for Game 5. "I was just in the lounge with him (at the Warriors' downtown practice facility) and he's doing fine," Jackson said. "We won't be doing much today, but obviously it will be important for him to continue to get treatment, take care of his body and be ready (Tuesday) night because we certainly need him." San Jose Mercury-News

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Curry's 22-point third quarter blew open a close game and gift-wrapped a stirring 115-101 Game 4 victory, delighting 19,596 full-throated human beings and putting the underdog Warriors one victory away from taking this first-round Western Conference playoff series. "It was almost like he had been waiting for this for his entire career, and he wasn't going to allow his body to tell him it was too hurt to match the moment," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "It was an incredible, incredible performance by him once again." Contra Costa Times

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Ailene Voisin: Interesting. One GSW exec said team was in love with Steph Curry, but if already taken in 2009 draft, attention turned to Ricky Rubio. Twitter @ailene_voisin

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Scott Howard-Cooper: Stephen Curry said he will use heavy tape on his left ankle, but ditch the brace. Will keep the brace on the right ankle, from old injury. Twitter @SHowardCooper

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When the pregame stuff settled and all his attention turned to the court, coach Mark Jackson noticed something that had him shaking his head. Unbeknownst to him, point guard Stephen Curry had taken off the brace protecting his sprained left ankle. "I've learned very early, he's very slick. So he picks and chooses the time in which he thinks I'm not looking. So when I found out, he was already running up and down the court," Jackson said. Contra Costa Times

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He’s not 100 percent. But the unofficial ankle expert was able to manage his latest ankle injury. He said he did not receive a pain-killing injection. Instead he decided to just play through the pain. He wound up being a pain for the Nuggets. Contra Costa Times

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

No, the former Duke Star who flew in to the Bay Area on Friday morning was here to see the Golden State Warriors' last hope, his sharpshooting sibling who would have to carry this day against the Denver Nuggets and so many more to come with David Lee on the shelf. As for all this talk about a left ankle sprain that may have caused him to miss what turned out to be the defining game of his four-year NBA career? Seth, who played most of his senior season with a right leg injury that required a surgery two weeks ago in which a metal rod was inserted into his shin area, wasn't having it. "I told him to suck it up," Seth Curry told USA TODAY Sports after the Warriors downed the Nuggets 110-108 at Oracle Arena to take a 2-1 series lead. "He knows I played all year with an injury. It's a different situation, but I knew he'd do whatever it takes to play." USA Today Sports

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Dell Curry said he never had any doubt that Stephen would play. He was so confident, in fact, that he didn't bother to check on his son's status at any point leading up to the tipoff on Friday. "A couple buddies of mine texted me, and was like, 'Is Steph playing?'" he said. "I was like, 'They're going to have to cut his foot off for him not to play.' I didn't talk to him about his ankle. "I knew he was going to play. There was no doubt about that, whether his ankle was healthy or not. I told him before the game, I told him that this was the game that I thought would decide the series." USA Today Sports

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Curry was not on the court at the team's morning shoot-around as he received what coach Mark Jackson called "round-the-clock treatment" due to a sprained left ankle suffered in the second half of Game 2 in Denver Tuesday night. Even with the magnitude of the game, Jackson said he would not put his point guard at undue risk. "There's nothing you can do if you can't play," Jackson said. "He's going to do everything possible to put himself in position to play, and coming over to the arena, we will see how it feels and we will make a decision. I wish I was holding something back, but if you look at the film, it was a pretty nasty sprain." San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

A left ankle sprain that kept Curry out of practice on Thursday and put his status in some doubt for Friday's Game 3 at Oracle Arena. Stephen, after all the pride you took in staying mostly healthy this season, how would it feel to possibly miss a playoff game? "Shoot, it would kill me," Curry said sharply as he sat on the Oracle scorer's table, surrounded by reporters Thursday. San Jose Mercury-News

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Rusty Simmons: Warriors PG Steph Curry (ankle) said he couldn't play if game 3 was today. He's still confident he'll be ready by Friday. Twitter @Rusty_SFChron

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Nik Stauskas' reputation as a shooter is growing. Shortly after posting his latest 3-point shooting YouTube video Wednesday, the Michigan guard got a shout out -- and a challenge -- from Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry. "3pt contest sometime @NStauskas11 ????? this is Impressive," Curry tweeted, linking Stauskas' video. Booth Newspapers

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Obviously, Stauskas was thrilled with Curry's challenge. "Thanks for the s/o bro! Im always down fot a 3pt contest, wouldn't mind going up against the best shooter in the world!!," he tweeted. "I love waking up to a challenge by the best 3 point shooter in the world!!! Today might be a good day HA!" Booth Newspapers

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Mark Kreidler: HOF Rick Barry on Curry/Thompson: "They are probably one of the greatest back-court shooting combinations that the game has ever seen." wow Twitter @MarkKreidler

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Marcus Thompson: Ty Lawson on GSW w/o Lee: "I think Curry and Klay Thompson are going to be a lot more aggressive, and Jack ... gotta try to slow them down." Twitter @gswscribe

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Stephen Curry: Keep @David Lee in your prayers today. Tough situation to handle but we know he'll be back stronger. We have to step it up Twitter @StephenCurry30

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Tim Bontemps: Carmelo Anthony and Stephen Curry were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month. Twitter @TimBontemps

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Stephen Curry was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for April by the NBA on Friday. Curry is only the franchise’s third player ever to receive the honor. The other two: Hall of Famers Chris Mullin (twice) and Bernard King. Contra Costa Times

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Mark Jackson: Congrats to @Stephen Curry on being named Western Conference Player of the Month!!! What a Blessing! #Warrior Twitter @JacksonMark13

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