Is Steph Curry playing tonight against San Antonio Spurs? Latest injury update for 10-time All-Star (March 11)

Steph Curry will not play on Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs. The 10-time NBA All-Star will remain on the sidelines for the second consecutive game after sustaining an injury against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. The Warriors are struggling without Curry, having gone 0-4 in his absence.

Their most recent loss came against the Spurs when the teams faced off on Saturday at the Chase Center in the first game of a back-to-back set. Klay Thompson's 27 points off the bench weren't enough for the Curry-less Warriors to beat the Victor Wembanyama-less Spurs as Golden State lost 126-113.

It was the team's second straight loss, putting it only three games above .500 and into 10th again. The Warriors had suffered a close 125-122 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.

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What happened to Steph Curry?

Steph Curry rolled his right ankle in the closing minutes of Thursday's defeat to the Bulls. He sprained it under the Bulls' rim as he dove in from the top of the key and tried to swing a pass to the corner. He's been ruled out on the Warriors' injury report for the same.

Curry has avoided a long-term injury, so that's a good sign for the Warriors. However, they have a tough challenge to overcome their winless record in the two-time MVP's absence.

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When will Steph Curry return?

Steph Curry could be back Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks or Saturday against the LA Lakers. He will be re-evaluated on Tuesday. The Warriors will hope he's back soon. If they drop another game to the lowly Spurs, it would significantly affect their chances of avoiding the ninth/10th seedings in the play-in tournament.

They are 10th with a 33-30 record, three games off the sixth and seventh seeds. The least they would want is to achieve a favorable seeding in the play-in tournament by finishing with the seventh or eighth-best record which would give them two chances of qualifying for the playoffs.

Golden State played in the play-in tournament as an eighth seed in 2021 and lost two consecutive games, failing to qualify for the postseason.

It won't be an easy challenge to win the play-in tournament this year, with teams like the LA Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns potentially in the mix.