Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his team absorbed another tough loss when they visited the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. After the game, the two-time MVP was asked regarding the amount of playing time that he is receiving all throughout the season.

“This topic comes up a lot,” Curry said via The Athletic. “Two or three minutes here, five minutes there, of course I want to play as many minutes as possible. Of course, I want to keep subtly letting them know how I feel based on a night-to-night basis. But we got to be in a position where we do things throughout 48 minutes that that (minute) plan of attack works more nights than not. Obviously, if we have to make certain reads and decisions, you kind of make those calls, but you can’t be in a situation where that’s the nightly conversation.”

Despite Curry being healthy, the Warriors chose to be conservative with his playing time this season. Curry is only averaging 33.8 minutes on the floor per contest which is relatively lower than the number of minutes that the other stars in the league are playing every night.

For instance, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is averaging 36.1 minutes per game while Washington Wizards main man Bradley Beal regularly sees 35.2 minutes of action.

On Monday night, Curry's value to the team was highlighted when the Warriors lost eight points after he rested for a total of 12 minutes in the game. By the end of the tilt, Curry played 35 minutes on the floor and produced 32 points, seven rebounds, and six assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. contributed 24 points while Andrew Wiggins added 11 points for the Warriors.

The Warriors had a chance to tie the game after trailing 103-100 with 8.7 seconds left in the game. Draymond Green wanted to draw a foul from Derrick White near half-court but ended up throwing a hail-mary shot which only hit the backboard en route to a 105-100 loss.

After the tough defeat, the Warriors could've chosen to play Curry more to give themselves a better chance to win the game, considering that he is in the pink of health. With the loss, the Dubs slipped to a 12-12 record for the ninth spot in the Western Conference.

The Warriors will aim to get back in the win column when they face the Spurs in the second game of a back-to-back set on Feb. 9.