Stephen Curry might not return soon (Image via NBA) After injuring his right quadriceps, Stephen Curry hobbled off the bench late in Golden State’s 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. To ascertain his condition, an MRI of the damage will be performed. Superstar guard Steph Curry will now be absent from the Warriors for the next week or so. According to sources cited by ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater on Thursday, Golden State anticipates Curry missing “a week or a little more” due to a quad contusion he suffered during Wednesday night’s loss to the Houston Rockets. Fantasy managers should anticipate missing at least three games due to Curry’s initial schedule.
Stephen Curry’s injury puts Golden State Warriors in a tough spot
According to Charania and Slater, Curry seems to have escaped a serious injury, which is fantastic news for the Warriors. Following Wednesday’s game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr informed the media that Curry would have an MRI.Charania wrote on X:“The Golden State Warriors anticipate Stephen Curry will miss around a week or a little more with a quad contusion suffered Wednesday night, sources tell me and @anthonyVslater. He’s believed to have avoided any serious issue. Return will depend on how quad responds to treatment…”Given that Curry may be sidelined for a while, the Warriors will need to reorganise. Coach Steve Kerr said:“It obviously changes everything, our rotations, how we’re playing, who we’re playing through, so we’ll see.. When I heard it was a quad I was actually kind of relieved, better than an ankle or a knee, so hopefully he can recover quickly and be OK. But we’ve got to hold down the fort.”After the play, Kerr claimed to have seen Curry struggling. The two-time MVP finished with seven rebounds, five assists, 14 points on 4-for-13 shooting, and seven of the Warriors’ 16 mistakes that resulted in 22 points for Houston.Rookie Will Richard said:“That’s a challenge, if Steph is out everybody else has to kind of improve their game a lot to fill that void.”
Golden State Warriors step into a hard week without Stephen Curry
Jimmy Butler pushed everyone to “care more” about the details, particularly if Curry isn’t there, saying that “it’s just sad” that the Warriors occasionally don’t execute their game plan and do the small things.“What will change the most? I think we’re going to have to be damn near perfect. We ain’t going to have the ultimate bailout on our team, but even when he is on the floor we’re going to have to do our job because we make the game real difficult…”He continued:“As great as a basketball player as he is he has a really hard job every single day, he’s got to be the Batman of all Batmans and save us every night. That ain’t what he’s here to do.”On the other hand, Curry got hurt late in the fourth quarter of the game against the Rockets. Although he played despite the injury at first, he had to go to the locker room in the closing minutes of the defeat.If Curry misses exactly one week, he won’t play in the Warriors’ next three games: Saturday at home against the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday, December 2, at home against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Thursday, December 4, on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers. Also read: Is Stephen Curry out of NBA 2025- 26 season? NBA icon’s sudden injury puts Golden State Warriors future in jeopardy