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No matter what the coaches say, no matter what players might hint at, or even what the teams tell media covering their practices and shootarounds, no injury report counts quite like the official NBA injury report that comes out each day through the league office.
And on Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. ET, the league put out its final report of the day, featuring the Warriors and the Rockets.
For the Rockets, there is one change. Jae'Sean Tate still out with an ankle injury, but backup big man Jock Landale has been upgraded to probable. Landale has been out for the first three games of the series, dealing with a knee injury.
For the Warriors, there are no changes. The team is still listing star guard Stephen Curry on the injury report, with a right thumb injury, but has put him down as, "available." Curry has had a thumb injury going back to January but aggravated it two weeks ago. He's been playing through the pain, and handling it quite nicely.
Stephen Curry, WarriorsMandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images
Curry has averaged 29.0 points in the series thus far.
Gary Payton II is also dealing with a thumb injury. Though he's obviously not nearly as important for the Warriors as Curry, he was a surprise contributor for the team in Saturday's win, going for 16 points in 22 minutes. That was his third-highest point total of the season.
Payton, too, is "available."
Less certain, of course, is Jimmy Butler, who was out for Game 3 with a pelvic contusion. He entered that night as "questionable," and is again questionable for Monday night. By NBA definition, "questionable" means a player has a 50-50 chance of playing.
Butler could play on Monday, but even if he does, it will be uncertain whether he is at 100%, and whether he would need a minutes restriction.
"I asked Rick (Celebrini) that question today and he wasn't sure. He said it's going to depend on how he's feeling once he's out there," coach Steve Kerr said.
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And on Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. ET, the league put out its final report of the day, featuring the Warriors and the Rockets.
For the Rockets, there is one change. Jae'Sean Tate still out with an ankle injury, but backup big man Jock Landale has been upgraded to probable. Landale has been out for the first three games of the series, dealing with a knee injury.
For the Warriors, there are no changes. The team is still listing star guard Stephen Curry on the injury report, with a right thumb injury, but has put him down as, "available." Curry has had a thumb injury going back to January but aggravated it two weeks ago. He's been playing through the pain, and handling it quite nicely.
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Stephen Curry, WarriorsMandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images
Curry has averaged 29.0 points in the series thus far.
Gary Payton II is also dealing with a thumb injury. Though he's obviously not nearly as important for the Warriors as Curry, he was a surprise contributor for the team in Saturday's win, going for 16 points in 22 minutes. That was his third-highest point total of the season.
Payton, too, is "available."
Less certain, of course, is Jimmy Butler, who was out for Game 3 with a pelvic contusion. He entered that night as "questionable," and is again questionable for Monday night. By NBA definition, "questionable" means a player has a 50-50 chance of playing.
Butler could play on Monday, but even if he does, it will be uncertain whether he is at 100%, and whether he would need a minutes restriction.
"I asked Rick (Celebrini) that question today and he wasn't sure. He said it's going to depend on how he's feeling once he's out there," coach Steve Kerr said.
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