Stephen Curry injury update: the Golden State Warriors guard has an oblique abdominal tear and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team announced Thursday. No return date has been set beyond that checkpoint.
Curry exited Wednesday night's game against the host Houston Rockets with 6:25 remaining in the first quarter. He underwent an MRI afterward. His only points of the night came on a 3-pointer.
The Warriors lost that game 115-108, halting an eight-game winning streak. Curry, 38, is in his 18th NBA season.
Stephen Curry injury timeline
Golden State described the problem as an oblique abdominal tear. The team framed the two-week mark as a reevaluation, not a fixed return date, which leaves his availability open past that window.
That distinction matters for planning. A reevaluation produces information; it does not produce a player. The Warriors will know more in two weeks, and nothing before then is settled.
What Golden State loses
Curry is averaging 27.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists across 10 games this season, all of them starts. He is a four-time NBA champion and a 12-time All-Star.
His career averages stand at 24.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists in 1,079 games, 1,071 of them starts. Golden State selected him seventh overall in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Analysis: the workload Golden State has to cover
The report does not name a replacement or a revised rotation. What it does establish is that the Warriors must absorb the minutes of a starter who has opened every game he has played this season while the medical staff waits on the reevaluation.
What to watch next
The two-week reevaluation is the next fixed point in the timeline. Until it arrives, the team's injury report is the only reliable guide to Curry's status, and no target game for his return has been announced.
The original report was published by gmanetwork.com.
