Before tipoff at Oracle Arena on Sunday, Stephen Curry got in some light stand-still shooting work , part of an intensive rehabilitation regimen aimed at getting him past the Grade 1 sprain of the medial collaterial ligament in his right knee and back on the court sooner than anticipated. Asked by ABC's Lisa Salters about the chances that he makes his return in next Saturday's Game 3, Curry sounded an optimistic note: [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] As exciting as the prospect of the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player returning is for Bay Area sports fans, though, his Golden State Warriors teammates seem intent on doing whatever's in their power to convince him not to rush back on their account. Klay Thompson scored a career-playoff-high 37 points, Draymond Green notched the second triple-double of his postseason career, and Steve Kerr's club dominated on the glass and on the defensive end to beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 118-106 , to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series on Sunday. Once again, Thompson assumed the primary offensive role for the Warriors in Curry's absence, and once again, he...