{"id":634066,"date":"2026-03-02T08:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/634066\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:38:42","slug":"stephen-curry-injury-update-warriors-star-not-ready-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/634066\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry injury update: Warriors star not ready to return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Curry<\/a> is expected to miss time with the Golden State Warriors<\/a> due to an injury.<\/p>\n

He has missed the team’s last 10 games and is expected to miss the next five games. Golden State went 4-6 during his absence. Curry will be reevaluated again in 10 days, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

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Curry’s injury is listed as patellofemoral pain syndrome, also known as “runner’s knee.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Warriors<\/a> are eighth in the Western Conference standings<\/a> with a 31-29 overall record.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg dunks the ball past the Toronto Raptors’ Sandro Mamukelashvili at the American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Washington Wizards’ Cam Whitmore dunks the ball against the Charlotte Hornets at Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 26: The Brooklyn Nets’ Michael Porter Jr. dunks in front of the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama at Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 25: The Denver Nuggets’ Christian Braun dunks the ball against the Phoenix Suns’ Grayson Allen at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 24: The Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. dunks against the Miami Heat at FedExForum.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 24: The Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo dunks over the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. at FedExForum.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 22: The New York Knicks’ OG Anunoby goes up for a reverse dunk against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

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Oct. 22: The Utah Jazz’s Lauri Markkanen dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers at Delta Center.<\/p>\n

How did Stephen Curry get injured?<\/p>\n

Curry appeared to be uncomfortable with his right knee during a game against the Detroit Pistons<\/a> on Jan. 30. He had a brace on his knee and was grabbing at it during the game.<\/p>\n

What is runner\u2019s knee?<\/p>\n

According to John Hopkins Medicine<\/a>, runner’s knee is when a person has \u201cpain in front of the knee or around the kneecap (patella). This is where the knee connects with the lower end of the thighbone (femur).\u201d<\/p>\n

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Who is Stephen Curry\u2019s backup?<\/p>\n

Brandin Podziemski and Pat Spencer are expected to serve as the primary backup options while Curry remains out of the lineup.<\/p>\n

Podziemski has averaged 12.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in 60 games this season. Spencer has averaged 6.3 points, 3.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game in 44 games played.<\/p>\n

When do Warriors play next?<\/p>\n

The Warriors will host the L.A. Clippers at the Chase Center on Monday, March 2, at 10 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Steph Curry injury update: Warriors star out with runner’s knee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephen Curry is expected to miss time with the Golden State Warriors due to an injury. He has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,860,188,479,164,4025,4024,82937,1137,6,868,81589,82936,573,255,43122],"class_list":["post-634066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-brandin-podziemski","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-john-hopkins-medicine","tag-l-a-clippers","tag-nba","tag-pat-spencer","tag-patellofemoral-pain-syndrome","tag-runner39s-knee","tag-stephen-curry","tag-warriors","tag-western-conference-standings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116158681810923167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}