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SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry is expected to miss close to one month with an oblique abdominal tear, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Thursday, though the Golden State Warriors have announced only that he will be reevaluated in two weeks.
An MRI on Wednesday night confirmed the tear after Curry exited Golden State’s 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets with 6:25 remaining in the first quarter. During the game, Golden State ruled him out with right abdominal soreness.
Charania posted the timeline on X and also reported it during an appearance on ESPN’s NBA Today on Thursday. On the broadcast, Charania said he was told Curry is going to be sidelined for “closer to one month with this oblique abdominal tear that he suffered.” He said the Warriors will evaluate Curry in 14 days and should then have a better read on his rehab, which could run three weeks, four weeks, or longer. Golden State is bracing for Curry to miss a double-digit number of games, according to Charania.
Stephen Curry Was Averaging 30.6 Points Before Early Exit In Houston
Through 10 games, all starts, Curry is averaging 27.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.9 assists while shooting 50% 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, 38, is in his 18th season with Golden State. He sat out two of the team’s first 11 games, both for rest on back-to-backs. Last season, he appeared in 43 games because of a lingering knee issue.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said afterward that Curry told him he had tweaked something in his abdominal area and had never done it before. In Curry’s absence, rookie Yaxel Lendeborg finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Brandin Podziemski scored 22 points. Houston pulled away in the fourth quarter to end the Warriors’ eight-game winning streak and drop them to 8-4. Wednesday’s scorer’s report also listed Jimmy Butler III as out while recovering from right ACL surgery and Moses Moody as out while recovering from left patellar tendon surgery.
Golden State Visits Dallas Inside The Reevaluation Window
Wednesday’s loss opened a five-game road trip. On Friday, the Warriors play the San Antonio Spurs at 8:30 p.m. CT at Frost Bank Center. Golden State has seven games scheduled between Friday and Nov. 27, and six of them come before the Nov. 26 reevaluation date.
On Wednesday, Nov. 18, the Warriors visit the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. CT, according to the NBA’s official game page. That game is eight days before the reevaluation date.
The Nov. 27 game against the Portland Trail Blazers is Golden State’s first game after the reevaluation date. It is also the Warriors’ last scheduled NBA Cup group-play game.
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