This week's highlights include James Harden's defense, Jaylen Brown, a gorgeous Nuggets play and bad teams being very bad.
Reigning MVP Stephen Curry is "optimistic" about returning to the Warriors ahead of the two-week timetable given after he suffered a strained MCL, he said Friday.
Stephen Curry will miss at least two weeks with an MCL sprain, the Warriors announced Monday.
Absent from Golden State's last two games due to a sprained right ankle, Stephen Curry said Friday he'd be surprised if he's not on the court for Game 4 against Houston on Sunday.
Stephen Curry, who tweaked his right ankle Saturday during Game 1 vs. Houston and missed Game 2 on Monday, underwent an MRI on Tuesday, and the results showed nothing serious.
Stephen Curry's return to the Warriors' lineup didn't last long. He exited late in the second quarter of Saturday night's 111-108 win over the Nuggets with a bruised shin and did not return.
