Eddy Curry appears unlikely to play in Friday's game against Miami.

"It really [stinks], especially after the first half [I was having]. I'm in a good groove, I get to go against Shaq, I'm feeling great, and then this happens," said Curry, who left the 112-107 loss to the Suns with 10:40 to play. "It's tough, but I'm still feeling good. Hopefully the pain goes away and I can play.

"It's frustrating to be injured, period. I just hope I can hurry up and get through it. [But] when it first happened, the first thing I'm thinking is 10-20 games, it felt so bad. Once the adrenaline wore off and I got to the locker room [and] iced it up, it felt a lot better."

During Thursday's TNT telecast, Charles Barkley stated that Curry deserves to make the All-Star team.