Seth Curry caught the attention of more than just his Warriors teammates in his first action since the start of December. Elijah Harkless, a reserve guard for the Jazz, approached the younger Curry brother with a question at some point in his return Monday night.
“How do you come in and make shots right away?”
Curry relayed the interaction to reporters in Utah after the game. Although the Warriors were dealt anugly 119-116 lossby a tanking Jazz team missing its best players, Curry was sharp as ever.
After sitting out the past 40 games — 32 with sciatica — Curry scored 13 points in 12 minutes off the bench. He shot 4-of-6 from the field, displayed a mid-range game and sank 2-of-3 from beyond the perimeter (where the Warriors otherwise shot 14-of-49, or 28.6%).
“Seth was great. It was really fun to have him out there,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He can light it up in a hurry. … It was really nice to have him back.”
The performance bodes well for a beaten-up group in Golden State, which needs all the help it can get after the loss dropped them into ninth place in the Western Conference before Tuesday’s showdown with Chicago.
The Warriors got another good omen heading into the Bulls game.
Curry’s return allowed Kerr to limit De’Anthony Melton’s minutes with the intent of him playing in his first set of back-to-back games since returning from knee surgery.
Golden State has two more sets of back-to-backs over the next week-and-a-half. Melton and Curry should give the beleaguered team a much-needed boost.
Melton has started the past 11 games he’s played, averaging 16.1 points. Curry led the NBA in 3-point percentage last season and doesn’t appear to have any rust to worry about.
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