Stephen Curry exits with injury in Warriors loss to Rockets: Concern is high
Something was bound to bring an end to the Warriors’ winning streak at some point.It just so happened to be snapped at eight games in the worst possible way Wednesday night.Stephen Curry left Golden State’s 115-108 loss to the Rockets in Houston with what the team is terming an abdominal injury.
About five minutes into the first quarter, he hoisted a 3-pointer, grabbed at his right side, let out a yell and was removed from the game, never to return.The Warriors didn’t have many details to share immediately after the loss.Coach Steve Kerr said that Curry left the Toyota Center in the second half to get an MRI but was still anxiously awaiting the results.“We haven’t heard anything,” Kerr said.“Concern is high.
But I have no idea the extent of the injury.”Curry went over to Kerr after the Warriors called timeout at the 6:25 mark and passed along a brief message before heading straight into the locker room.He had been moving gingerly before the shot and remained in the game for about a minute after until Kerr was able to sub him out.“He just said he tweaked something in his abdominal area.
Said he’s never done it before,” Kerr said.“I just saw him holding his side and tried to get him out as quickly as I could.”Curry, 38, was limited to 43 games last season, the third-fewest of his career.
He was forced to miss 27 in a row at one point with inflammation in his knee commonly known as runner’s knee.Curry and the Warriors understood they would have to manage his knee this season.They overhauled his offseason training regimen and started him on a tight minutes restriction.Now, they’ve been thrown a new wrench with another injury.Losing Curry for any amount of time amounts to basically the Warriors’ worst nightmare, but it stings even more given how he has started his 18th season.
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