Steve Kerr provides encouraging Steph Curry injury update after knee soreness

SAN FRANCISCO – Stephen Curry on Saturday received a diagnosis on the chronic soreness in his right knee and his availability for the Warriors-76ers game on Tuesday is uncertain.Curry banged his knee Friday night in Golden State’s 131-124 loss to the Detroit Pistons, leaving the floor with 4:28 remaining in the third quarter and he did not return. He underwent an MRI exam on Saturday, was diagnosed with patellofemoral pain syndrome and is considered day-to-day.Patellofemoral pain syndrome, according to the Mayo Clinic, is pain at the front of the knee, around the kneecap. It is sometimes called Runner’s Knee and is more common in people who run and who play sports, like basketball, that involve running and jumping.Curry has been coping with discomfort in his knee for more than a week and there is no prognosis besides day-to-day examination by director of sports medicine and performance Dr. Rick Celebrini and his staff. In the meantime, Curry can expect plenty of ice therapy.“The knee last night was the same thing that kept him out of the Minnesota game last week,” coach Steve Kerr said Saturday, referring to Curry sitting out the second night of a...