Curry exits Rockets loss with abdominal injury, Kerr calls concern high
The 38-year-old star left the game in the first quarter and had an MRI during the second half, but results were not yet available.
By Rosa Fuentes ·
Golden State Warriors forward Stephen Curry suffered a right abdominal injury that forced him to leave Wednesday night’s game against the Houston Rockets with about seven and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter. He scored only once, hitting a three-pointer before clutching his right side and limping back toward the bench.
Curry walked gingerly off the court and headed straight to the locker room. He did not return for the second half. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said the team’s level of worry about the injury is high.
“He said he tweaked something in his abdominal area and said he’s never done it before,” Kerr said. The coach noted that Curry left the arena during the second half to undergo an MRI. The team had not yet received the imaging results as of the post-game update.
Kerr admitted he does not know the full extent of the damage. “I mean, concern is high, but I have no idea the extent of the injury,” he said. Curry’s absence contributed to a 115-108 loss for the Warriors, which snapped the team’s eight-game winning streak.
The 38-year-old entered the contest ranked second in the NBA in scoring with an average of 30.6 points per game. He is a two-time league MVP and a 12-time All-Star. Curry was the team’s leading scorer in six of their previous eight victories, which came after the Warriors began the season with a 0-3 record.
