Warriors expect injured Steph Curry to miss ‘week or a little more,’ per report originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors will have to navigate the next week or so without superstar guard Steph Curry.
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Golden State expects Curry to miss “a week or a little more” because of a quad contusion he sustained in Wednesday night’s loss to the Houston Rockets, ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater reported Thursday, citing sources.
The good news for the Warriors, per Charania and Slater, is that Curry appears to have avoided a serious injury.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr told reporters after Wednesday’s game that Curry was scheduled to undergo an MRI.
Curry sustained the injury late in the fourth quarter against the Rockets, and while he initially played through the injury, he was forced to head to the locker room in the final seconds of the loss.
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Bottled up by the Rockets’ defense, Curry finished with 14 points on 4 of 13 shooting from the field and 2 of 9 from 3-point range.
If Curry misses exactly one week, he won’t play in the Warriors’ next three games — at home against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday, at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, Dec 4.
Beyond that, the Warriors have a road back-to-back against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday, Dec. 6 and the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, Dec. 7.
Because the Warriors didn’t qualify for the 2025 NBA Cup quarterfinals, they won’t play again until Thursday, Dec. 11 or Friday, Dec. 12.
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So if Curry needs more than a week to recover, he could eye the unannounced regular-season game.
The Warriors went 1-2 when Curry missed a three-game stretch earlier this season due to an illness.
Sitting at 10-10 ahead of Saturday’s game against the Pelicans, Golden State appears to be at an inflexion point, with Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler calling out their teammates following Wednesday’s loss.
Wins already are hard to come by for the Warriors right now, and that task will be even tougher without Curry for the next few games.
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