LOS ANGELES — Stephen Curry returned to the Golden State Warriors‘ lineup in a 113-105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in a nationally televised game Sunday.
The All-Star guard missed 11 games after a left leg injury on Feb. 4 against the Dallas Mavericks. Golden State was 7-4 during Curry’s absence, including five straight wins entering Sunday’s contest.
Before the game, coach Steve Kerr said there would be a minutes restriction on Curry, but did not say how long he would play. In the end, Curry finished with 27 points, six assists and two rebounds across 32 minutes in the loss. Curry, in 39 games this season prior to Sunday, was averaging 29.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists.
“He’s been working really hard,” Kerr said about Curry on Thursday. “I think within days of the injury, he was on the bike. And it was impressive to watch him on the bike, how hard he goes. He’s really amazing when it comes to his conditioning level and his commitment to keeping it high. So he has a good chance these last few days to get up and down. But before that, he was doing a lot of 1-on-0 workouts that included a lot of running and movements.”
Curry also participated in multiple scrimmages over the past week with Golden State’s two-way and backup players.
Andre Iguodala also played for the Warriors on Sunday. He did not score, and had two assists in 14 minutes of action. Iguodala had played in only three games previously this season because of a hip issue. His last action was on Jan. 13.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.