Kerr said he trusted Curry to be honest with him, in part because Curry leveled with Kerr after he had sprained his right ankle against the Rockets. During that series, their conversations took on a familiar rhythm — Curry lobbying to play, Kerr asking him to be honest, and then Curry admitting that he probably needed additional rest.

“So I know we would get a truthful answer out of Steph,” Kerr said.

Curry did not address reporters after Sunday’s practice, but it might be more difficult than ever for him to digest the prospect of missing another playoff game — especially against an upstart opponent led by one of the league’s most dynamic guards in Lillard. The Warriors’ Klay Thompson said that Curry was probably getting antsy.

“It’s never fun to watch,” Thompson said.

Curry and Lillard are different players, to be sure, but comparisons are unavoidable. Earlier this season, Andre Iguodala of the Warriors described both as “new-age point guards,” capable of dominating games in all kinds of different ways — by launching 3-pointers, by zigzagging past defenders and launching themselves at the rim, by penetrating and finding teammates.

Kerr, too, has made a habit of citing their similarities, even if that has occasionally gotten him into trouble. In February, after Lillard guided the Trail Blazers to a 32-point win over the Warriors by scoring 51 points, Kerr said that Lillard “looked like Steph Curry out there.”

Lillard let those comments marinate for about a month until the teams played again, and he revealed that he did not like being compared to anyone, let alone Curry.

“I’m not impersonating anyone, you know what I mean?” Lillard said at the time, before emphasizing, “I’m my own person.”