Curry (hamstring) doesn't expect to play Game 5

SAN FRANCISCO -- Warriors superstar Stephen Curry does not expect to beryllium capable to marque a instrumentality to the tribunal Wednesday for Game 5 with Golden State's play connected the line, helium told Andscape's Marc J. Spears connected Monday night.

"Even if I wanted to beryllium Superman, I couldn't," Curry told Spears, referring to his hamstring injury.

Curry was responding to a remark by teammate Draymond Green that the Warriors and Curry are not going to effort to "Superman this thing" if the prima isn't afloat acceptable to return.

Without Curry, the Warriors mislaid Game 4, 117-110, to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Down 3-1, the Warriors present indispensable triumph successful Minneapolis successful Game 5 to support their play alive, and volition successful each likelihood person to bash truthful without Curry.

Curry suffered a Grade 1 near hamstring strain successful the 2nd 4th of Game 1 past Tuesday. He volition beryllium re-evaluated Wednesday, the time of Game 5.

If the Warriors tin widen their season, that could springiness Curry different 3 days of betterment earlier a imaginable Game 6 connected Sunday astatine Chase Center.

"No, we're not going to Superman this thing," Green said erstwhile asked if helium expects Curry to effort to propulsion to travel back, and if so, would helium beryllium a portion of that conversation. "If he's successful a spot wherever helium tin play, I'm definite helium will. Him and Rick [Celebrini, Warriors VP of subordinate wellness and performance] and everybody volition fig that out. But we don't request [Curry to effort to be] Superman.

"Gotta play the agelong game. If helium can, we cognize helium will. But there's nary pressure. We've got to fig retired however to triumph whether helium plays oregon not."

Without Curry, the Warriors were undone by a 17-0 tally successful the 3rd 4th that turned a 68-all crippled into a Wolves rout. The Warriors were outscored 39-17 successful the 3rd quarter. Jimmy Butler, who played 43 minutes and had 33 points successful Game 3, took lone 9 shots and finished with 14 points and six rebounds successful Game 4.

Green said that Butler was feeling sick each day. Butler, who has spoken aft astir each crippled arsenic a Warrior this season, near by the clip the locker country was unfastened to the media. Green said Butler was feeling "pretty crappy each day."

"We evidently request him shooting the ball," Green said. "But their defense, they were collapsing connected him today. So we tried to prime up that slack. But I cognize he's not feeling well. Been beauteous crappy each day. That besides affects the vigor arsenic well. No excuses made here.

"I deliberation that's connected me. I've got to find a mode to get him into much positions to score. I deliberation contiguous I was conscionable trying to get him the ball, and I don't deliberation I got him the shot successful bully spots, which past allowed the defence to load up connected him. So I've got to bash a amended occupation of getting him the shot successful amended spots to wherever it's not arsenic casual for the defence to cardinal connected him."

The Warriors volition request Butler astatine his champion to support their play alive, particularly with Curry apt needing much clip to recover.

"He wasn't arsenic assertive tonight," Warriors manager Steve Kerr said. "But I didn't spot a batch of openings either. Ideally, we could enactment much shooting astir him to unfastened up the level a small bit. But with Steph out, we're not going to beryllium capable to bash arsenic overmuch of that.

"We'll look astatine the portion and spot wherever we tin find immoderate openings for him. And I cognize he'll beryllium assertive for Game 5."

Wolves prima defender Anthony Edwards, who had 30 points successful Game 4, said helium wishes helium was playing against Curry close now.

"Trust me, man, I privation helium could beryllium retired determination to play against him, nary substance however it goes," said Edwards, who played with Curry connected the USA Basketball Olympic squad that won golden successful Paris past summer. "But yea conscionable from moving retired with him successful the summer, that's what I told him aft I deed a [3]. Because helium told me, I had missed one. He was like, 'You wasn't going to marque that. You was excessively open.'

"I was like, 'I ain't ne'er going to halt shooting them. I learned that from you this summer.' He's the greatest. Greatest shooter of each time. I would decidedly emotion to vie against him, man, but helium got hurt, unfortunately, and I anticipation helium gets better."

ESPN's Dave McMenamin contributed to this report.