"Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won't play Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Nor will he play Saturday against the Utah Jazz.

No one knows when he will play again on that sprained right ankle. Three sprains in just over two weeks have sounded an alarm in Warriors world. Concern, frustration and resolve are at an all-time high.

"We -- the training staff and doctors -- all agreed that as long as I didn't have any pain while I was playing, it was good enough to go," Curry said after Thursday's practice. "So maybe, I don't know, we're going to have to have that discussion again."

That's now seven sprains, plus surgery and rehab, on the same ankle in the past 15 months. Curry's right ankle has gone from nagging injury to gripping concern.

Warriors general manager Larry Riley said Curry will be evaluated in Oakland on Saturday. That evaluation will determine what happens next. New treatment? Elongated rest? More surgery?

Another trip to visit his surgeon is probably in the offing. One thing's for sure, the sprain-and-play pattern has to stop.

"It's the same ligament, and it's occurred three times," Riley said. "So, obviously, we've got to do something with this. We can't just continue the way things are going and expect it to get better.""