The scan nobody in the Bay wanted
Golden State waited a day for the answer. It came back worse than soreness. Stephen Curry has an oblique abdominal tear, and the Warriors will re-evaluate him in two weeks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The news broke within the last hour.
Two weeks is the date of the next check, not a return date. Oblique injuries rarely follow a neat calendar, and a shooter who twists his torso on every release is about the worst patient for one. Golden State has not put a timeline beyond that re-evaluation.
The damage happened fast on Wednesday in Houston. Curry played under six minutes, hit one three, grabbed his right side and headed to the locker room with Golden State already down 19-10 in the first quarter. He left the arena before the final buzzer for the MRI. Steve Kerr admitted afterwards that concern was high.
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Free for 2 weeks.
A hot start, then a hole
The timing stings. The Warriors had won eight straight before the Rockets beat them 115-108, with Alperen Sengun flirting with a triple-double and Houston pulling clear in the fourth quarter. Curry had been carrying them, averaging 27.8 points through 10 games at 38, in his 18th season.
Now the schedule turns ugly. Next up is a Saturday trip to San Antonio, where Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs have won 10 in a row. A trip to New Orleans follows on Monday, against a team Golden State beat by 51 points on November 9.
Who takes the shots
Kerr has to find offense somewhere else for at least half a month. The Warriors’ system bends around Curry’s movement, and the gravity he pulls away from the ball is the part no single replacement can copy. Expect the ball to go through more hands and the margins to get thinner.
The two-week mark lands in late November. Until then, Golden State’s fast start gets tested without the man who built it.
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