Stephen Curry leads the Warriors in points per game and steals per game this season.
Golden State will be missing its star for its NBA Emirates Cup Group Play opener.
Guard Stephen Curry is listed with an illness and is out for the Warriors’ road game against the Denver Nuggets (10 p.m. ET, Prime Video). The illness kept Curry out of the Warriors’ last game, a 121-116 loss to the Sacramento Kings.
This season, Curry is averaging 26.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 45.4% overall and 38.9% on 3-pointers. He leads the NBA with 35 made 3-pointers this season and leads the Warriors in scoring and steals per game.
Jimmy Butler (lower back) and Draymond Green (rib), who also missed Wednesday’s game, are listed as questionable and probable, respectively, for the Warriors.
Rookie Will Richard moved into the starting lineup in Curry’s place against Sacramento and fared well, finishing with 30 points (on 10-for-15 shooting), seven rebounds and three assists in 34 minutes.
