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But in response to a report claiming Curry was playing at 70 percent, according to a person close to the All-Star, Kerr couldn’t resist a few digs.
“Is that sources with knowledge of the team’s thinking? That’s my favorite expression these days. Sources with knowledge of the team’s intimate thinking,” the Warriors coach said Wednesday at the team’s practice facility, with his team facing a 3-1 series deficit to the Thunder and possible elimination Thursday night.
“Nobody has said anything about Steph being 70 percent to me. Our training staff, relatives, friends, sources with knowledge of our team’s thinking, nobody has told me he’s 70 percent. So apparently they told the media but they didn’t tell me.”
Part of Curry’s problem, Kerr allowed, is he is still playing his way back from knee and ankle injuries suffered earlier in the playoffs.
“The last couple games, obviously, he hasn’t played as well as he can,” Kerr said. “I know he’s not injured. If he were injured, he would not be playing. Is he bothered a little bit? Perhaps, by the layoff.
He went three weeks without basically playing a game. So he just may not be quite where he needs to be, but it’s not an injury.”