NBA-National Basketball Association roundup

May 26 (The Sports Xchange) - Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry will play in Game Five of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday, the team said. Curry took part in practice Tuesday morning after saying he did not care to replay Tuesday's game, particularly the action he missed while undergoing evaluation for a head injury. Curry left Game Four with 5:52 remaining in the second quarter after a chilling fall over the back of Rockets forward Trevor Ariza, who was attempting a layup near Houston's basket, and returned to the game with 5:58 left in the third quarter. "It was strictly going to be, 'Are the doctors going to let him play? Is he OK to play?'" Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "He got the OK, so we put him in." - - - Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is expected to suit up and is likely to play in Tuesday's Game Four of the Eastern Conference finals against the Atlanta Hawks, Yahoo! Sports reported. He missed the past two games because of left knee tendinitis, and was considered a game-time decision for Game Four. - - - Scott Skiles is expected to be named head coach of the Orlando Magic this week. According to reports, Skiles emerged as the best available option with NBA head-coaching experience when Orlando decided it would not part with first-round draft compensation to pry Tom Thibodeau from the Chicago Bulls. - - - Atlanta Hawks shooting guard Kyle Korver will undergo ankle surgery as a result of an injury suffered during Game Two of the Western Conference finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Hawks' All-Star three-point specialist was injured when he crashed into Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova late in the third quarter during a scramble for a loose ball. - - - Milwaukee city officials and Bucks team president Peter Feigin emerged from a closed-door meeting with Gov. Scott Walker optimistic a financing deal to pay for the team's proposed $500 million downtown stadium could be completed this week. The threat of losing the team to relocation at the hands of the NBA was looming for the Bucks' franchise. The league announced it would buy back the team with the intent of moving it, possibly to Seattle, without a new stadium by 2017. - - - Veteran center Nazr Mohammed plans to return for what would be his 18th season in the NBA in 2015-16. Mohammed becomes a free agent this summer after spending the past three seasons with the Chicago Bulls. If the Bulls choose not to re-sign the Chicago native and former Kentucky player, he hopes to catch on with another NBA team in need of an experienced big man to provide minutes off the bench. - - - (Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)