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Omri Casspi out with ankle sprain :InsideHoops

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Mar 17

Warriors forward Omri Casspi is expected to miss roughly a week with a sprained right ankle, according to a Yahoo Sports report.

After draining a seven-foot hook shot early in the second quarter of Friday night’s loss to Sacramento, Casspi came down awkwardly,…

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SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 08: Jeff Teague #0 of the Minnesota Timberwolves in action against Omri Casspi #18 of the Golden State Warriors during the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors as part of 2017 NBA Global Games China at Mercedes-Benz Arena on October 8, 2017 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Zhong Zhi/Getty Images) less

SHANGHAI, CHINA – OCTOBER 08: Jeff Teague #0 of the Minnesota Timberwolves in action against Omri Casspi #18 of the Golden State Warriors during the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State … more

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Warriors’ Omri Casspi available vs. Mavericks

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DALLAS — Warriors forward Omri Casspi is expected to be available Monday night against the Mavericks, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said after shoot-around.

Casspi, 29, has missed the Warriors’ past two games after spraining his left ankle in the third quarter of Tuesday’s season-opening loss to Houston. It was a relatively minor sprain, and he was held out of those games for precautionary reasons.

With Casspi available, Golden State is at full strength for the first time this season. There is no need for Kerr to monitor Casspi’s minutes closely because, on a team loaded with wing players, Casspi figures to have a tough time earning consistent playing time anyway.

“He’s not technically in our rotation,” Kerr said, “so I’m not too worried about him playing too many minutes.”

The biggest question hanging over Golden State is whether Stephen Curry will be suspended, or at least fined, for his emotional outburst late in the Warriors’ loss Saturday at Memphis. With less than a minute on the game clock, Curry, upset about a no-call on a drive to the rim, unleashed on official Scott Wall, tossed his mouth guard in disgust and was promptly ejected.

Curry has said that, though he threw the mouthpiece in Wall’s direction, he was not aiming at Wall. After shoot-around Monday, Curry admitted that he let his emotions get the best of him.

“My reaction was a little over the top,” said Curry, who expects to get fined for the incident. “Stuff happens. I try to continue to be myself and show fire, but try to do it in a way that doesn’t take away from the team, or misrepresent who I am when it comes to a reaction like that.

“I don’t necessarily think it’ll be something going forward that you’ll see, but I obviously have some regret about kind of going overboard a little bit.”

Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @Con_Chron

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