For most, playing through injury means just getting by.
For Stephen Curry, playing with a dislocated left middle finger means scoring a career-high 23 points in the fourth quarter of Friday night's Game 6 to close out the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
"It's a lot of experimenting," the Warriors All-Star point guard told the Mercury News' Mark Medina about his ailing finger. "A lot of it will hurt until I have time to rest. I'll continue to figure out how to make the ball feel comfortable in my hands.