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Stephen Curry had an MRI on his abdominal area Wednesday night, and the Golden State Warriors were still waiting on the results when coach Steve Kerr spoke after a 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Curry left the arena during the second half to have the scan, Kerr said. “We haven’t heard anything about the results,” Kerr said in video posted by ESPN’s Anthony Slater.
Kerr said Curry told him he had tweaked something in his abdominal area and had never had that injury before. “I mean, concern is high, but I have no idea the extent of the injury,” Kerr said.
The Warriors ruled Curry out for the rest of the night with right abdominal soreness and have not announced a diagnosis or a timetable for his return.
Curry played 5 minutes, 35 seconds, according to the official scorer’s report. His only basket was a 29-foot 3-pointer with 7:22 left in the first quarter. Fred VanVleet stole the ball from him earlier in the period, Amen Thompson blocked one of his 3-point attempts, and Jabari Smith Jr. blocked his driving layup 22 seconds before he came out at a timeout with Houston ahead 19-10. He did not return, and De’Anthony Melton started the second half in his place.
Warriors Already Short-Handed
Curry entered the night averaging 30.6 points, second in the NBA, along with 4.3 assists and 4.1 rebounds. Wednesday was his 10th game of the season. He sat out two of Golden State’s first 11 games, both for rest on back-to-backs. Curry, 38, played 43 games last season because of a lingering knee issue.
Golden State was already without several rotation players. The scorer’s report listed Jimmy Butler III as recovering from right ACL surgery, Moses Moody from left patellar tendon surgery, Gary Payton II with left knee inflammation, and Brandon Williams with a left hamstring strain. Kristaps Porziņģis was listed as not with the team.
Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg, the 11th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, led the Warriors with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Brandin Podziemski scored 22 in a team-high 37 minutes. Golden State erased a 15-point first-quarter deficit and tied the game 49-49 late in the first half, but it never led. Melton finished with 11 points and 4 assists, and Draymond Green had 7 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Houston pulled away with a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter. The loss ended Golden State’s eight-game winning streak, the franchise’s longest since 2022, and dropped the Warriors to 8-4.
Next Up In San Antonio
The loss opened a five-game road trip. Golden State visits the San Antonio Spurs on Friday at 8:30 p.m. CT in an NBA Cup group-play game, less than 48 hours after Curry left. It is Golden State’s second Cup game, after an Oct. 30 home game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
San Antonio is 10-2 and has won 10 straight. The Spurs rallied from 22 points down to beat the Chicago Bulls 124-119 on Wednesday behind 32 points from Victor Wembanyama.
After San Antonio, the Warriors play at New Orleans on Monday, at Dallas on Nov. 18, and at Memphis on Nov. 19. They return home to face the Boston Celtics on Nov. 22.
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