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HOUSTON — Stephen Curry has an oblique abdominal tear, the Golden State Warriors announced Thursday. The team will reevaluate him in two weeks.
Curry underwent an MRI on Wednesday night after he exited Golden State’s 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets with 6:25 remaining in the first quarter. The Warriors did not have the results when the game ended, and Warriors coach Steve Kerr said afterward that concern was high but he did not know the extent of the injury.
Golden State announced the diagnosis in a written injury update Thursday.
“The MRI confirmed that Curry has an oblique abdominal tear,” the Warriors said in the release. “He will be re-evaluated in two (2) weeks.”
The release did not include a return date. It also did not say whether Curry would be cleared to play once the reevaluation takes place.
Stephen Curry Played Less Than Six Minutes In Houston
According to the official scorer’s report, Curry was on the floor for 5 minutes, 35 seconds against Houston. He finished with 3 points on 1-of-3 shooting. The make was a 29-foot 3-pointer at the 7:22 mark of the first quarter, and he came out at a timeout with the Rockets leading 19-10.
During the game, the Warriors ruled him out for the rest of the night with right abdominal soreness. Curry left Toyota Center in the second half for the MRI. Kerr said after the game that Curry had told him he tweaked something in his abdominal area and had never done it before.
Through 10 games, all starts, Curry is averaging 27.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.9 assists. He is shooting 50.0% from the field and 45.7% on 3-point attempts. Before Wednesday, his scoring average was 30.6 points, which ranked second in the NBA.
Curry sat out two of Golden State’s first 11 games, both for rest on back-to-backs. Last season, he appeared in 43 games because of a lingering knee issue. Curry, 38, is in his 18th season, all of them with the Warriors.
Warriors Play Six Games Before Two-Week Mark
Golden State is 8-4. Wednesday’s loss ended the Warriors’ eight-game winning streak, their longest since 2022, and opened a five-game road trip.
The Warriors were already short-handed in Houston. Wednesday’s scorer’s report listed Jimmy Butler III as out while recovering from right ACL surgery and Moses Moody as out while recovering from left patellar tendon surgery. Gary Payton II was listed with left knee inflammation, and Brandon Williams was listed with a left hamstring strain. Kristaps Porziņģis was listed as not with the team.
On Friday, the trip continues at 8:30 p.m. CT against the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center. It is an NBA Cup group-play game and Golden State’s second of the Cup, after an Oct. 30 home game against the Los Angeles Lakers. San Antonio entered Thursday at 10-2 with 10 straight wins.
After San Antonio, the Warriors play at the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, at the Dallas Mavericks on Nov. 18, and at the Memphis Grizzlies on Nov. 19. They return to Chase Center to host the Boston Celtics on Nov. 22 and the Sacramento Kings on Nov. 25 in another Cup group game.
Those six games all come before Nov. 26, which is two weeks from Thursday’s update. Golden State’s next game after that is Nov. 27 at the Portland Trail Blazers, its last scheduled Cup group-play game.
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