Steph Curry expects to take another step in Warriors finale vs. Clippers

SACRAMENTO — Steph Curry plans to rev up further in the Warriors’ regular-season finale.After coming off the bench twice, Curry returned to the starting lineup Friday in Golden State’s 124-118 loss to the Kings.The next step as he makes his way back from more than two months away will come Sunday against the Clippers as he resumes his normal 32- to 34-minute workload.When the teams most likely meet again Wednesday in the play-in tournament, Curry said he hopes to be able to push beyond that if the situation calls for it.“I’ll be comfortable with it,” Curry said, insinuating that the medical staff may have a different opinion.

“I find it hard to believe if the game calls for a couple extra minutes — we’re gonna make the right decision.”Curry expressed optimism, despite sitting in front of his locker with his right ankle in an ice bath after being held in check for 11 points in 27 minutes in the loss to one of the league’s bottom dwellers.Curry’s ankles, for all their trouble early in his career, are not the body part of immediate concern, so Steve Kerr was relieved to learn a rolled ankle was the worst of it when Curry had the ball stolen from him at half court and collided with Kings guard Devin Carter.“I was worried it was his knee,” the Warriors coach said.“I just saw him limping.

He came over and he said, ‘No, I’m fine.It’s just the ankle.’ I don’t know if he just tweaked it or something, but he’s fine.”Curry only returned this past Sunday from a 27-game absence with runner’s knee in his right leg.

He confirmed afterward that it was his right ankle that caused him to fall into a heap after having his pocket picked early in the first quarter.“I’ll be all right,” Curry said.“As long as it’s not my knee.

I can deal with ankles.I’ve been dealing with that forever.

That was the interesting part: My knee felt pretty good, even better than last game.” Friday’s game was the first test run for the lineup ...