Steph Curry’s latest injury absence should last just one game.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters he expects Curry to play Saturday against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center after the superstar guard missed Wednesday’s home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder with bilateral knee pain.
Curry has missed four of the Warriors’ 18 games so far this season, but in 14 contests, he’s averaging 22.4 points on 47.5 percent shooting from the field and 44.4 shooting from 3-point range.
Without Curry against the Thunder, the Warriors erased a massive deficit but didn’t have the offensive firepower to crest the hill and pull out the win.
Kerr also expects Andrew Wiggins (questionable — right ankle impingement) to play.
Curry and Wiggins both will warm up before Saturday’s game before their status is made official.
Jonathan Kuminga (illness) and Gary Payton II (right adductor tightness) were upgraded from probable to available on the NBA’s 4:30 p.m. PT injury report.
Suns guard Bradley Beal and center Jusuf Nurkic were ruled out for Saturday’s contest.
As NBC Sports Bay Area’s Monte Poole writes, Draymond Green will draw the primary defensive assignment against former Warriors star Kevin Durant.
The Warriors enter Saturday’s game riding a three-game losing streak, so they could use a vintage Curry flurry to break the skid.
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