Report: Stephen Curry Went Through Medium-Speed Shooting Routine Before Warriors-Timberwolves Game 3

According to Anthony Slater of The Athletic, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry went through a medium-speed shooting routine before Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves. 

Curry suffered a Grade 1 left hamstring strain in Game 1 of the Warriors-Timberwolves series. He missed Games 2 and 3 and will not play in Game 4. 

“About 90 minutes before tip on Saturday night, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry went through a pretty strenuous workout on the team’s practice court in the dungeons of Chase Center. It was the clearest initial step in what Curry hopes to be an expedited return from the hamstring strain that has come to define this second-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves,” Slater wrote. 

“Curry didn’t push it to full speed, according to a team source. He’s yet to burst or cut or test that left hamstring in a manner that’ll deliver him and Rick Celebrini — the team’s lead medical decision maker — the true information they’ll need on whether the hamstring is healed enough to return deeper in this series. But he went through a medium-speed shooting routine and rode the stationary bike. This was a notable advancement for Curry in his race against time.”

Curry is averaging 22.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists in the 2025 playoffs while shooting 47.7% from the field, 40.0% from 3 and 89.3% from the foul line.

The Warriors beat the Houston Rockets in the first round in seven games.  

This is the first time in Curry’s career that he’s dealt with a hamstring injury. The two-time MVP and four-time champion is 37 years old.

“If we don’t win, we damn sure don’t have to worry about getting Steph back this year,” Jimmy Butler said after Game 3. “We gotta put our big boy pants on and go out there and compete at a high level and get this one on Monday.”