Stephen Curry Left Wednesday’s Loss in Houston With Abdominal Soreness After Playing Only the First Quarter
NBA.com said Curry did not return. Yaxel Lendeborg had 25 points and 10 rebounds in the 115-108 defeat that dropped Golden State to 8-4 and sixth in the West. Kevin Durant passed Shaquille O’Neal for seventh on the career field-goal list.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Stephen Curry left Wednesday’s 115-108 loss to the Houston Rockets in the first quarter with abdominal soreness and did not return, NBA.com reported in its Thursday Starting 5, adding a medical detail that was not listed on the official box score.
The official scorer’s report showed Curry playing 5 minutes 35 seconds and scoring 3 points. Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds, NBA.com said, but it was not enough as Kevin Durant scored 20 points and led six Houston players in double figures. In the win, Durant (8-for-17 shooting) passed Shaquille O’Neal (11,330) for seventh on the all-time made field-goals list, doing so with a fast-break dunk, the league site said. Houston improved to 9-3 and jumped to third in the West; Golden State fell to 8-4 and sixth, one game behind the Rockets. NBA.com did not provide a timetable for Curry’s return. The Warriors play the San Antonio Spurs on Friday in Emirates NBA Cup group play, tip-off 6:30 p.m. PT on Prime, the site said.
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Curry exited in the first quarter with right abdominal soreness, made one 3-pointer, and left the arena in the second half for imaging. The Warriors had not received the results when Kerr spoke, NBA.com reported.
Yaxel Lendeborg led Golden State with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Brandin Podziemski scored 22. Houston never trailed, winning by as many as 18. The Warriors fell to 8-4; the Rockets improved to 9-3.
The Warriors said an MRI confirmed an oblique abdominal tear after Stephen Curry left Wednesday's loss in Houston. An AP account of the same update called it a strain. He will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
The No. 11 pick had 25 points and 10 rebounds in Wednesday's 115-108 loss at Houston after Curry exited with an oblique abdominal tear. The Warriors say Curry will be reevaluated in two weeks. The Standard calculated that as at least six games. Draymond Green said Lendeborg has to recognize when he is the best player on the floor.
The rom-com Second Chance Holiday premiered on Roku last week. Curry posted a 90-second Instagram response after a podcast co-hosted by former Warrior Gilbert Arenas and others criticized the scene. His sister Sydel Lee commented, 'Play with someone else. Enough is enough!'
