After missing six straight games with a tweaked right ankle, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry slogged through his first post-practice shooting routine Wednesday in two weeks.

In a drill called “Beat the Ogre,” a variation on an old basketball game called “Beat the Pro,” Curry drained 21 three-pointers in a row. The next exercise called for him to shoot three-pointers from five different spots on the floor. Curry scored a personal record of 89, 39 points above his stated goal.

“That is totally unheard of,” said player-development coach Bruce Fraser, who has worked closely with Curry the past four seasons. “He’s shooting as well as he’s ever shot.”

It was a feel-good sight for a team that needs Curry at his best entering the playoffs next month. Now, with the two-time NBA MVP set to return for Friday night’s matchup against Atlanta at Oracle Arena, Golden State is optimistic that the right-ankle injuries that have nagged Curry for nearly four months won’t be a factor come the games that matter most.

Still, there is reason for concern. It was little more than a half-decade ago that Curry was so prone to ankle sprains that many wondered whether he’d stay on the court long enough to realize his potential. As the Warriors face perhaps their most daunting path to the NBA Finals in the Steve Kerr era, the face of the franchise is again tweaking that balky right ankle at an alarming rate.

The latest setback, which came early in Golden State’s March 8 win over San Antonio, was minor enough that Curry initially lobbied for Kerr to let him finish the game. There was no swelling in ensuing days, and the team labeled it a “tweak” instead of a sprain.

However, Curry’s recent track record — it was his fourth right-ankle issue in three months — left some inside the organization revisiting memories from those dark days in the 2011-12 season, when a rash of ankle sprains threatened his career. Though he was probably ready to return to action within a week of that injury against the Spurs, Curry spent another week building up the muscle in his right ankle.

Team trainer Chelsea Lane told Kerr on Wednesday that Curry had nothing more to gain from sitting out. With 11 regular-season games left, he will have plenty of time to settle into a rhythm before the playoffs.

“The last 10 days have been very productive, and he’s really worked hard on his rehab,” said Kerr, who has yet to decide whether to put Curry on a minutes restriction Friday. “But there’s not another level to get to for him with the rehab, so it makes sense to put him out there.”

Curry’s history of right-ankle problems is well-chronicled. In May 2011, after spraining his right ankle several times in his second NBA season, Curry underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments. The following season, he endured five ankle sprains and missed 56 games.

Now, after watching Curry average 78.8 games over the past five seasons, Warriors fans aren’t sure how worried they should be about his latest slew of rolled ankles. All four of the injuries were relative flukes. He has rolled it lunging for a steal, slipping on a wet spot and twice stepping on a player’s foot.

“I think in general the concern is that he’s developing scar tissue with each little tweak, and that can aggravate the situation,” said Dr. Murali Moorthy, an orthopedic surgeon with Walnut Creek’s Muir Orthopaedic Specialists who specializes in foot and ankle injuries. “My concern is that, because we’re moving along in the season here, he’s not able to fully get back the necessary strength in that ankle.”

Curry’s tender right ankle won’t be at 100 percent until he has had an offseason to rest and heal. However, those who know him best reckon he is as close to full strength as he’ll get midseason. In Wednesday’s post-practice shooting session, while watching Curry hit three-pointer after three-pointer, Fraser came to a curious realization: Curry was moving even better than he had in January, when he won Western Conference Player of the Month.

“I’m feeling good,” said Curry, who doesn’t expect to need an ankle procedure this summer. “Hopefully, we don’t have to look in the rearview mirror anymore.”

Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Con_Chron

Friday’s game

Who: Atlanta (21-50 through Wednesday) at Warriors (53-18)

When: 7:30 p.m.

TV/Radio: NBCSBA/95.7